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US 9,199,553 B2Granted
Autonomous vehicle with reconfigurable seats
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMark A. Cuddihy, Manoharprasad K. Rao
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a passenger compartment with an instrument panel located near a front of the passenger compartment. The vehicle further includes at least one seat located in the passenger compartment. The seat can be stowed under the instrument panel for when the vehicle is operating in an autonomous mode.
Claims19
A vehicle comprising:
- a passenger compartment having an instrument panel located near a front of the passenger compartment;
- at least one seat located in the passenger compartment and configured to be stowed under the instrument panel for when the vehicle is operating in an autonomous mode;
- and
- a steering wheel located in the passenger compartment, wherein the steering wheel is configured to move toward the instrument panel to allow the at least one seat to be stowed under the instrument panel.
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A vehicle comprising:
- autonomous driving sensors;
- an autonomous controller configured to receive signals generated by the autonomous driving sensors and control at least one vehicle subsystem according to the signals;
- a passenger compartment having an instrument panel located near a front of the passenger compartment;
- at least one seat located in the passenger compartment and configured to be stowed under the instrument panel for when the vehicle is operating in an autonomous mode;
- and
- a steering wheel disposed on the instrument panel and configured to move away from an area under the instrument panel to allow the at least one seat to be stowed under the instrument panel.
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A vehicle comprising:
- autonomous driving sensors;
- an autonomous controller configured to receive signals generated by the autonomous driving sensors and control at least one vehicle subsystems according to the signals;
- a passenger compartment having an instrument panel located near a front of the passenger compartment;
- a front row of seats located in the passenger compartment and configured to slide along rails located in the passenger compartment;
- a back row of seats located in the passenger compartment, wherein the front row of seats is configured to be stowed under the instrument panel for when the vehicle is operating in an autonomous mode and the back row of seats is configured to move toward a front of the vehicle when the front row of seats are stowed under the instrument panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.