US 12,447,074 B2
Universal wheelchair securement device for wheelchair accessible autonomous vehicles
Francois William Brahic, San Francisco, CA (US); Vernon Lee Anderson, Sylmar, CA (US); Rajat Basu, Santa Clara, CA (US); Puneeth Doddagowdanakoppal Honnegowda, San Ramon, CA (US); and Jordan Christopher Gatti, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/497,838.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110338 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 3/08 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC A61G 3/0808 (2013.01) [B60W 60/00253 (2020.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheelchair securement system for a vehicle comprising:
a first wheelchair restraint comprising a latch configured to grasp an axle of a wheelchair;
a second wheelchair restraint comprising a mechanism to securely couple with an adapter on the wheelchair; and
a controller configured to select from among one of three selections:
a first mode of securing the wheelchair with the first wheelchair restraint alone;
a second mode of securing the wheelchair with the second wheelchair restraint alone; and
a third mode of securing the wheelchair with both the first wheelchair restraint and the second wheelchair restraint;
wherein the latch is provided on an arm;
wherein the arm is rotatable about an arm axis; and
wherein the arm is movable transversely in a translation direction perpendicular to the arm axis.