US 11,731,535 B2
Vehicular system capable of adjusting a passenger compartment from a child care arrangement to a second arrangement
Marcos Silva Kondrad, Macomb Township, MI (US); Patrick Maloney, Livonia, MI (US); Kevin Mozurkewich, Milford, MI (US); Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US); and Sean Bayle West, Monroe, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/92,747.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144142 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/30 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/01 (2006.01); B60N 2/22 (2006.01); B60N 2/14 (2006.01); B60N 2/26 (2006.01); B60N 2/07 (2006.01); B60N 2/32 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01)
CPC B60N 2/0252 (2013.01) [B60J 5/04 (2013.01); B60N 2/01 (2013.01); B60N 2/02 (2013.01); B60N 2/0292 (2013.01); B60N 2/0296 (2013.01); B60N 2/07 (2013.01); B60N 2/14 (2013.01); B60N 2/22 (2013.01); B60N 2/26 (2013.01); B60N 2/32 (2013.01); B60N 2/995 (2018.02); B60N 2002/0268 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0272 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a passenger compartment;
an access door that separates the passenger compartment from a vehicle-exterior environment, the access door being movable between an open position and a closed position;
a first seating assembly;
a second seating assembly positioned vehicle-rearward of the first seating assembly, the first and second seating assemblies each comprising:
a seatbase;
a seat having a first end and a second end, the seat being movably coupled to the seatbase at the second end of the seat such that the seat is movable between an upwardly-stowed position and a downwardly-deployed position;
a seat actuator that adjusts an angular position of the seat relative to the seatbase;
a seatback movably coupled to the seatbase proximate to the second end of the seat, a seating surface of the seat and the seatback being configured to receive an occupant;
a seatback actuator that adjusts an angular position of the seatback relative to the seatbase;
a swivel assembly coupled to the seatbase; and
a swivel actuator engaged with the swivel assembly such that the seatbase is rotatable about a central vertical axis with the seat in the downwardly-deployed position;
a controller that receives request signals from a user interface and transmits instruction signals to at least one component of at least one of the first seating assembly and the second seating assembly, the at least one component chosen from the seat actuator, the seatback actuator, and the swivel actuator, wherein the controller adjusts a seating arrangement from a first arrangement to a second arrangement in response to the transmitted instruction signals, and wherein the first arrangement is a child care arrangement.