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Vehicle with seat and deployable working surface

US10752132B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

Robert C. Fitzpatrick · Holland, US
Markus Uhlig · Stuttgart, DE
Desmond O'Regan · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE
Matthew K. Benson · Holland, US
Fabrice Aycoberry · Poissy, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2018
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 27, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60N2002/022
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A deployable working surface is provided for use in a reconfigurable passenger cabin of a personal automotive vehicle. The vehicle includes a first seat that can rotate to an inwardly-rotated position. The working surface is provided by a panel that is mounted on a second seat for movement between a stowed position and a working position. This movement includes vertical movement and rotational movement about a vertical axis. When the panel is in the working position, the working surface extends in a radial direction that is perpendicular to the direction the first seat is facing when in the rotated position and is positioned higher that an occupant seating surface of the first seat and in front of a backrest of the first seat.

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