# US 11,440,440 B2 · Modular autonomous-vehicle interior > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,440,440 B2 - Document ID: US11440440B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/174,636 - Filed: 2018-10-30 - Published: 2020-02-13 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-08 - Assignees: Uatc, LLC - Applicants: Uatc, LLC - Inventors: Johad Husseini Ellis; Clifford Shaun Webb - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440440B2 ## CPC - B60N 2/0292: {Multiple configuration seats, e.g. for spacious vehicles or mini-buses} - B60R 13/0823: {Insulating partitions, e.g. between front and rear seats} - A61G 3/0808: {Accommodating or securing wheelchairs} - B60N 2/01: Arrangement of seats relative to one another - B60N 2/686: {Panel like structures} - B60R 21/026: {Rigid partitions inside vehicles, e.g. between passengers and load compartments (B60R21/12 takes precedence)} - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) ## Abstract The present disclosure is directed to a modular autonomous-vehicle interior. In particular, an autonomous vehicle can comprise an interior comprising a plurality of different and distinct regions. Each of the regions can comprise one or more mechanical interfaces associated therewith. The autonomous vehicle can also include, for each of one or more of the regions, at least one modular interior unit comprising an interior element and a base mechanically interfaced with the interior via the mechanical interface(s) associated with the region. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An autonomous vehicle comprising: an interior comprising a plurality of different and distinct regions comprising one or more mechanical interfaces associated therewith; and for one or more regions of the plurality of different and distinct regions, at least one modular interior unit comprising an interior element and a base mechanically interfaced with the one or more mechanical interfaces associated with the one or more regions, wherein the at least one modular interior unit comprises: a first portion of the at least one modular interior unit comprising a first portion of the base; and a second portion of the at least one modular interior unit comprising a second portion of the base; wherein the first portion of the at least one modular interior unit and the second portion of the at least one modular interior unit together form a perimeter of the base mechanically interfaced with the one or more mechanical interfaces. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The autonomous vehicle of claim 1, wherein, for at least one region of the one or more regions, the interior element comprises a seat. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The autonomous vehicle of claim 1, wherein, for at least one region of the one or more regions, the interior element comprises a table. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The autonomous vehicle of claim 1, wherein, for at least one region of the one or more regions, the interior element comprises a privacy partition. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The autonomous vehicle of claim 1, wherein, for at least one region of the one or more regions, the interior element comprises hardware for securing a wheelchair to the interior. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The autonomous vehicle of claim 1, wherein at least one region of the plurality of different and distinct regions shares common dimensions with at least ones other region of the plurality of different and distinct regions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The autonomous vehicle of claim 1, wherein a plurality of regions of the plurality of different and distinct regions are defined at least in part by a particular shape. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The autonomous vehicle of claim 7, wherein, for the one or more regions, the base is defined at least in part by the particular shape. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The autonomous vehicle of claim 1, wherein a plurality of regions of the plurality of different and distinct regions are evenly spaced within the interior from adjacent regions of the plurality of different and distinct regions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The autonomous vehicle of claim 1, wherein: the interior comprises a plurality of different and distinct evenly spaced rows; and at least one row of the plurality of different and distinct evenly spaced rows includes a common number of the plurality of different and distinct regions as at least one other row of the plurality of different and distinct evenly spaced rows. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The autonomous vehicle of claim 10, wherein, for the at least one row of the plurality of different and distinct evenly spaced rows, the common number of the plurality of different and distinct regions included in the at least one row align with the common number of the plurality of different and distinct regions included in one or more rows of the plurality of different and distinct evenly spaced rows adjacent to the at least one row. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The autonomous vehicle of claim 10, wherein: the interior comprises one or more additional different and distinct rows; at least one row of the one or more additional different and distinct rows includes a common number of the plurality of different and distinct regions as at least one other row of the one or more additional different and distinct rows; and the common number of the plurality of different and distinct regions included in the one or more additional different and distinct rows is different from the common number of the plurality of different and distinct regions included in the plurality of different and distinct evenly spaced rows. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The autonomous vehicle of claim 12, wherein, for the at least one row of the one or more additional different and distinct rows: the at least one row is adjacent to at least one of the plurality of different and distinct evenly spaced rows; and the common number of the plurality of different and distinct regions included in the at least one row are offset in alignment from the common number of the plurality of different and distinct regions included in the at least one of the plurality of different and distinct evenly spaced rows. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The autonomous vehicle of claim 1, wherein, for the one or more regions, the base mechanically interfaces via the one or more mechanical interfaces associated with the one or more regions in response to a perimeter of the base engaging a perimeter of the one or more regions. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The autonomous vehicle of claim 1, wherein, for the one or more regions, the one or more mechanical interfaces associated with the one or more regions are configured to interface with a device comprising tooling for decoupling the base from the interior. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The autonomous vehicle of claim 1, wherein: for at least two regions of the one or more regions, the at least one modular interior unit comprises: a modular interior unit common to the at least two regions, and at least two bases; a first of the at least two bases mechanically interfaces with the interior via one or more mechanical interfaces associated with a first of the at least two regions; and a second of the at least two bases mechanically interfaces with the interior via one or more mechanical interfaces associated with a second of the at least two regions. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The autonomous vehicle of claim 16, wherein at least a portion of the modular interior unit common to the at least two regions spans at least one of the plurality of different and distinct regions that is not mechanically interfaced with a base of the modular interior unit common to the at least two regions. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The autonomous vehicle of claim 17, wherein the at least one of the plurality of different and distinct regions that is not mechanically interfaced with the base of the modular interior unit common to the at least two regions is evenly spaced between the first of the at least two regions and the second of the at least two regions. ### Claim 19 An autonomous-vehicle interior comprising: a plurality of evenly spaced rows comprising a common number of multiple evenly spaced different and distinct regions defined at least in part by a particular shape; and for at least one region of the multiple evenly spaced different and distinct regions, one or more mechanical interfaces configured to mechanically interface with one or more bases of one or more modular interior units, at least one base of the one or more bases being defined at least in part by the particular shape, wherein a respective modular interior unit of the one or more modular interior units comprises: a first portion of the respective modular interior unit comprising a first portion of a respective base of the one or more bases; and a second portion of the respective modular interior unit comprising a second portion of the respective base; wherein the first portion of the respective modular interior unit and the second portion of the respective modular interior unit together form a perimeter of the respective base to mechanically interface with the one or more mechanical interfaces. ### Claim 20 An autonomous-vehicle interior comprising: a plurality of different and distinct regions defined at least in part by a particular shape; and for at least one region of the plurality of different and distinct regions, one or more mechanical interfaces configured to mechanically interface with one or more bases of one or more modular interior units, the one or more modular interior units comprising one or more of a seat, a table, or a privacy partition, at least one base of the one or more bases being defined at least in part by the particular shape, wherein a respective modular interior unit of the one or more modular interior units comprises: a first portion of the respective modular interior unit comprising a first portion of a respective base of the one or more bases; and a second portion of the respective modular interior unit comprising a second portion of the respective base; wherein the first portion of the respective modular interior unit and the second portion of the respective modular interior unit together form a perimeter of the respective base to mechanically interface with the one or more mechanical interfaces.