Vehicle having sliding console

US11932156B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Stuart C. Salter · White Lake, US
• Hussein H. Berry · Dearborn, US
• Annette Lynn Huebner · White Lake, US
• Marguerite Lynn Kimball · Brighton, US
• David Brian Glickman · Southfield, US
• Gregory Paul Thomas · Canton, US
• John Robert Van Wiemeersch · Harper Woods, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 2021
• Grant date: Mar 19, 2024
• Expiry date: Oct 27, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2011/0007
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle is provided that includes a vehicle body defining a cabin interior and comprising a front row of seats and a rear row of seats, a plurality of seats located within the cabin interior, and a monitoring system for detecting and monitoring a pet or passenger within the cabin interior. The vehicle also includes a movable center console positioned between a pair of the forward row of seats and forward of the rear row of seats and comprising a holder for holding a drink container, and a controller processing signals generated by the monitoring system and determining a location of the detected pet or passenger on the rear row of seats based on the processed signals, the controller further controlling the movable console between a forward first position and a rearward second position closer to the rear row of seats.