Motor vehicle with passenger seats which may be secured at selectable positions

US5947541A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Bertrand Faure Sitztechnik GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Meinhard Behrens · Wiedensahl, DE
• Klaus Witte · Florence, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 1998
• Grant date: Sep 7, 1999
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/0264
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle, in particular a small bus or van, has passenger seats selectably fixable to the vehicle floor in different locations by means of releasable locking elements. The vehicle floor includes a plurality of permanently installed electrical outlets associated with a plurality of different seat locations. In this way, electrified passenger seats can be fixed in various locations without the need to pass obstructive electric supply cables over the floor.