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US 12,122,270 B2Granted
Device and method for operating a seat arrangement that can be folded out of or into a vehicle
AssigneeMercedes-Benz Group AG
InventorSteven Peters
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Abstract
A device for operating a seating arrangement that can be folded out of or into a vehicle. Includes a control unit that receives and executes an activation command by an authorized vehicle user and third parties for folding the seating arrangement out of a region inside the vehicle into a region accessible from outside the vehicle.
Claims10
A device for operating a seating arrangement that can be folded out of or into a vehicle, the device comprising:
- a control unit configured to receive and execute an activation command by an authorized vehicle user or a third party to fold the seating arrangement out of a region inside the vehicle into a region accessible from outside the vehicle.
A method for operating a seating arrangement that can be folded out of or into a vehicle, the method comprising:
- enabling, by an authorized user of the vehicle, a folding-out function of the seating arrangement for use by a third party;
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- executing the folding-out function of the seating arrangement from a region inside the vehicle into a region accessible from outside the vehicle.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a seating arrangement that is foldable out of or into a trunk of the vehicle, wherein
- the seating arrangement comprises at least one leaning element and at least one seating element arranged on the leaning element,
- the at least one leaning element in a folded-in state of the seating arrangement runs parallel to and below an inner wall delimiting the trunk on an upper side of the trunk,
- the at least one seating element in the folded-in state of the seating arrangement runs parallel to an inner wall delimiting the trunk from a passenger compartment,
- the at least one leaning element and the at least one seating element are pivotable out of the folded-in state into a folded-out state,
- the at least one leaning element in the folded-out state runs parallel to a vertical axis of the vehicle inside the trunk, and
- the at least one seating element in the folded out state runs, starting from a lower end of the folded-out leaning element at least up to a loading edge of the trunk, perpendicularly to a vertical axis of the vehicle.
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