Vehicle seating and methods and vehicles using the same
AssigneeSabic Global Technologies B.V.
InventorBhushan Deshmukh
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Abstract
A vehicle seat can comprise: a base; a back connected to the base; an arm extending from the base; wherein the arm is configured to attach to a roof rail of a vehicle. A vehicle can comprise: a steering column; engine; a roof comprising a rail; and passenger compartment, wherein the passenger compartment comprises the vehicle seat, wherein the arm is attached to the rail. A method of arranging seating in a vehicle can comprise: sliding an arm of the vehicle seat horizontally along a slot in a roof rail and/or crossrail.
Claims15
A method of arranging a seat within a vehicle, comprising:
- moving a vehicle seat along a roof rail in a vehicle and then connecting the vehicle seat to a floor of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle seat comprises
- a base;
- a back connected to the base;
- an arm extending from the back;
- wherein the arm is attached to the roof rail;
- and
- wherein other than the arm connection to the roof rail, the seat is free of connections that permanently anchor the seat to the vehicle chassis.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a steering column;
- an engine;
- a roof comprising the roof rail;
- and
- a passenger compartment, wherein the passenger compartment comprises a seat, wherein the seat comprises
- a base including a base safety feature comprising an actuation mechanism that connects the seat and a vehicle chassis with an actuation member, wherein the actuation mechanism has an actuation that is at least one of hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical, and wherein the actuation member comprises a cylinder arm, a telescopic arm, a spring, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing;
- a back connected to the base;
- an arm extending from the back;
- and
- wherein the arm is attached to the roof rail.
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a base;
- a back connected to the base;
- an arm extending from the back;
- wherein the arm is configured to attach to a roof rail of a vehicle;
- and
- wherein other than the arm connection to the roof rail, the seat is free of connections to permanently anchor the seat to a vehicle chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.