Vehicle with slidable seats

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10046675-B1
Application number	US-201715585710-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 3, 2017
Priority date	May 3, 2017
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle includes a wall having a hanger. The vehicle also includes a floor having a track. A seatback of a seat is supported by the hanger and the track.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a wall having a hanger;
a floor having a track;
a seatback including a post detachably connectable to the hanger, the post being supported by the track, and the post being slidably engaged with the track and slidable along a length of the track when the post is detached from the hanger; and
a seat bottom supported by the seatback and pivotally attached to the seatback.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the hanger is elongated.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein in the hanger includes a second track and the seatback is slidable along the second track when the seatback is engaged with and supported by the hanger.

4. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the post includes an upper end detachably connectable to the hanger and a lower end supported by and slideably engaged with the track.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 , further comprising a base connected to the lower end of the post, the base slidably engaged with the track.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the post includes a motor and a rotatable gear connected to the motor, and the track includes a plurality of teeth spaced from each other along a length of the track, wherein the rotatable gear engages one or more of the plurality of teeth of the track.

7. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein a spring engages the seat bottom and the seatback, biasing the seat bottom to a stowed position.

8. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the seat bottom is pivotable between a stowed position and a seating position, and the seatback disengages from the hanger in the seating position.

9. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the post is rotatable relative to the floor when the seat bottom is in the seating position.

10. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the seat bottom extends from a first side to a second side, and an armrest is fixed to the first side.

11. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the track extends along the floor in a round arrangement.

12. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a vehicle body having a left side and a right side, the vehicle body including a first door on the left side of the vehicle body and a second door on the right side of the vehicle body.

13. The vehicle of claim 12 , wherein the first and second doors are slidably mounted to the vehicle body.

14. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the hanger includes an electromagnet and the post is magnetically attracted to the electromagnet when the electromagnet is powered on.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Whitens Michael James
• Jaradi Dean M
• Stancato Cortney
• Farooq S M Iskander
• Faruque Mohammed Omar
• Nusier Saied

Classifications

• B60N2/14

  rotatable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/10 {, B60N2/2869} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/3004

  by rotation only · CPC title

• B60N2/24 Primary

  for particular purposes or particular vehicles · CPC title

• B60N2/304

  by rotation only · CPC title

• B60N2/0232

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic