# US 11,440,601 B2 · Motor vehicle and method for operating a motor vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,440,601 B2 - Document ID: US11440601B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/767,542 - Filed: 2018-09-18 - Published: 2020-10-29 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-28 - Assignees: Daimler AG - Applicants: Daimler AG - Inventors: Wolfram Judenhahn; Matthijs Ravestein; Jochen Bisinger - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440601B2 ## CPC - B62D 61/00: Motor vehicles or trailers, characterised by the arrangement or number of wheels, not otherwise provided for, e.g. four wheels in diamond pattern - B62D 31/003: {compact cars, e.g. city cars} - B62D 37/06: using gyroscopes - B62D 51/02: the driver standing in the vehicle - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) ## Abstract A motor vehicle having a vehicle body with a passenger compartment, a chassis supporting the vehicle body, a vehicle axle which can be driven by a drive device, and a seat device which is arranged inside the passenger compartment and is rotatable relative to the passenger compartment about an axis of rotation. The chassis supporting the vehicle body has only one vehicle axle, about the axis of which, the vehicle body with the passenger compartment and the seat device arranged inside the passenger compartment are rotatable relative to each other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A motor vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body with a passenger compartment; a chassis which supports the vehicle body; and a seat device which is disposed inside the passenger compartment; wherein the chassis has only one vehicle axle, wherein the vehicle axle is drivable by a drive device, wherein two wheels of the chassis are coupled to the vehicle axle, and wherein the vehicle body with the passenger compartment and the seat device disposed inside the passenger compartment are rotatable relative to each other about an axis of the vehicle axle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the passenger compartment is arrangeable in two different basic positions by at least temporarily fixing the vehicle body to the vehicle axle, while the seat device is rotatably moveable relative to the passenger compartment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the passenger compartment is arrangeable in a respective basic position depending on a position of a vehicle occupant arranged on the seat device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The motor vehicle according to claim 3 further comprising a control device, wherein the position of the vehicle occupant is detectable by the control device and wherein the passenger compartment is arrangeable relative to the seat device by the control device depending on a detected position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the seat device is rotatably moveable relative to the passenger compartment in a driving mode of the motor vehicle and is set in an at least substantially horizontal orientation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the two wheels of the chassis, the passenger compartment and the seat device are at least substantially coaxially displaceable relative to each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The motor vehicle according to claim 1 wherein the two wheels of the chassis, in every position relative to the vehicle body along a transverse direction of the vehicle, are arranged so as to overlap at least in regions with at least one window of the vehicle body, each of the two wheels of the chassis having an at least partially transparent rim. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A method for operating the motor vehicle according to claim 1, comprising the step of rotating the vehicle body with the passenger compartment and the seat device disposed inside the passenger compartment relative to each other about the axis. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8 further comprising the step of arranging the passenger compartment relative to the seat device depending on a position of a vehicle occupant arranged on the seat device.