US 11,738,670 B2
Vehicle seating systems
Gareth Lee, Torrance, CA (US); Scott Anderson, Torrance, CA (US); Sohel Merchant, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US); Clint Semler, Torrance, CA (US); and Richard Kim, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Canoo Technologies Inc., Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Canoo Technologies Inc., Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/52,460.
Application 18/052,460 is a division of application No. 17/027,600, filed on Sep. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,607,977.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/903,715, filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0089091 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/30 (2006.01); B60N 2/75 (2018.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/16 (2006.01); B60N 2/07 (2006.01); B60N 2/08 (2006.01); B60N 2/01 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/3011 (2013.01) [B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60N 2/01 (2013.01); B60N 2/07 (2013.01); B60N 2/0881 (2013.01); B60N 2/165 (2013.01); B60N 2/1665 (2013.01); B60N 2/767 (2018.02)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A side facing seat comprising:
a seat back element; and
a moveable seat base element disposed below the seat back element, wherein the moveable seat base element is moveable at least between a stored position and a seating position, and wherein movement of the moveable seat base element is controlled by an activation element that is configured to engage with a locking mechanism such that the locking mechanism is able to lock the moveable seat base element in the stored position or the seating position;
wherein the seat back element is configured to be connected to an interior face of a vehicle door panel having an exterior face with an internal cavity that (i) is disposed between the interior face and the exterior face and (ii) has an open end on the interior face; and
wherein the moveable seat base element is configured to slide into and out of the internal cavity such that (i) in the stored position, a substantial portion of the moveable seat base element is disposed within the internal cavity and (ii) in the seating position, all of the moveable seat base element is disposed out of the internal cavity.