Vehicle comprising a utility space

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9662999-B2
Application number	US-201615078152-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2016
Priority date	Apr 1, 2015
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a vehicle comprising a front seat section and a rear seat section. The front seat section comprises a driver seat and a utility space located at the side of the driver seat. The rear seat section comprises multiple seats and rear doors on either side of the rear seat section. The front seat section comprises a single front door comprising a front door surface at the side of the front seat section adjacent the driver seat, and a fixed surface element located at the opposite side of the front seat section facing towards the front door surface of the single front door, such that the utility space comprises the fixed surface element. The utility space is accessible to a person sitting in the rear seat section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a front seat section including a driver seat, a utility space located at a side of the driver seat, a single front door comprising a front door surface at a first side of the front seat section adjacent the driver seat, and at least a part of a fixed surface element located at an opposite second side of the front seat section that faces toward the front door surface of the single front door; and
a rear seat section including multiple seats and multiple rear doors, the multiple rear doors including a first rear door on a first side of the rear seat section and a second rear door on a second side of the rear seat section;
wherein the utility space comprises the at least a part of the fixed surface element and the utility space is accessible to a person sitting in the rear seat section.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 wherein the utility space comprises at least one utility function that is accessible to the person sitting in the rear seat section.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 wherein the utility function comprises one or more of: a refrigerator, a microwave oven, a heated storage, a glassware storage, an ice tray, a foot rest, a catering module, a glass holder, a vase holder, or entertainment/infotainment system.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 wherein the fixed surface element comprises at least one utility function that is accessible to the person sitting in the rear seat section.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 wherein the fixed surface element comprises a first horizontal inner surface.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 wherein the first inner surface comprises at least one utility function that is accessible to the person sitting in the rear seat section.

7. The vehicle according to claim 6 wherein the utility function comprises an ice tray built into the first inner surface.

8. The vehicle according to claim 5 wherein the second rear door is located at a same side of the vehicle as the fixed surface element, and wherein the first inner surface forms a continuous horizontal surface with an armrest of the second rear door.

9. The vehicle according to claim 5 wherein the fixed surface element comprises a horizontal second inner surface located below the first inner surface, and the second inner surface comprises a storage surface.

Assignees

• Volvo Car Corp

Inventors

• Johnson Tisha
• Levy Todd
• Lundgren Patrik
• Ernstsson Axel
• Christiansson Thomas
• Page Robin

Classifications

• B60N3/104

  with refrigerating or warming systems · CPC title

• B60N2/01 Primary

  Arrangement of seats relative to one another · CPC title

• B60N3/001

  of tables or trays · CPC title

• B60R7/04

  in driver or passenger space {, e.g. using racks (B60R7/005, B60R7/08 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N3/00 Primary

  Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for (of radio sets, television sets, telephones, {stowing or holding appliances} , safety belts or the like B60R) · CPC title