Interior system of a vehicle

US11613295B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Michael John Harmon · Westland, US
• Ryan Wayne Warner · Ann Arbor, US
• Jesse Rene Diephuis · Beverly Hills, US
• Andrew Brand · Bloomfield Hills, US
• Andrew Smith · Tibberton, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2021
• Grant date: Mar 28, 2023
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T7/065
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle interior system for a vehicle includes a steering wheel support assembly operable between retracted and extended positions and having a steering wheel coupled thereto, a foot pedal disposed within a foot well of the vehicle and operable between a foot pedal use position and a foot pedal stowed position, and a foot rest disposed within the foot well and operable between a foot rest use position and a foot rest stowed position. The movement of the steering wheel support assembly toward the retracted position causes the foot pedal to move toward the foot pedal stowed position and the foot rest to move toward the foot rest use position.