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Vehicles with removable interior door panels

A technology for motor vehicles and door panels, which is applied to vehicle components, vehicle seats, vehicle safety arrangements, etc., and can solve the problems of unresolved passengers, inability to reach doors, inability to reach convenience facilities, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2021-05-04
FAURECIA INTERIOR SYST
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For example, during autonomous driving mode, passengers may wish to fully extend their legs by repositioning the seat toward the rear of the vehicle, only to find that other vehicle amenities are out of reach
[0004] U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2015 / 0203006 by Hipshier et al. discloses an armrest that can move along the interior door panel. Problems encountered when the seat position prevents the passenger from reaching the door

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[0019] The following describes a movable door panel facing the interior of a passenger compartment of a personal motor vehicle. The movable door panel is configured such that the longitudinal position of the door panel relative to the adjacent seat can be maintained over most, or preferably throughout, the range of motion of the seat between the forward and rearward positions. Thus, the seat occupant can be provided with the feeling that he is properly positioned inside the passenger compartment, even at the very rear seat position. Although the context presented is a front seat in a passenger compartment of an autonomous vehicle, the teachings presented herein are equally applicable to non-autonomous vehicles. For example, the non-traditional passenger compartment configurations presented herein may be employed when parked and / or used with the second or third row of seats.

[0020] figure 1 The interior of passenger compartment 10 of personal motor vehicle 12 is shown. As ...

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Abstract

A personal motor vehicle includes a movable door panel and a seat inside a passenger compartment, both of which are movable between a forward position and a rearward position. The movable door panel is configured to move such that the longitudinal position of the door panel relative to the seat can be maintained by corresponding seat movement. The movable door panels can assist in providing seat occupants with a sense of their proper positioning within the passenger compartment, even at the extreme rear seating positions.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates generally to personal motor vehicles with reconfigurable passenger compartments, and more particularly to autonomous vehicles. Background technique [0002] Decades of personal motor vehicle development have required less and less human driver attention during vehicle operation. For example, a modern car may be equipped with self-illuminating headlights in low-light conditions, windshield wipers that self-activate in the rain, or a climate control system that automatically adjusts the passenger temperature, among others. Emerging technologies now enable cars to continuously monitor surrounding road and traffic conditions, have real-time information about the vehicle's global location, and control the vehicle's acceleration, braking, and navigation based on that information. The current trend is toward fully self-driving vehicles, in which the occupants of the vehicle are not required to pay attention to the operation of ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): B60J5/04
CPCB60J5/0413B60R13/0243B60R2013/0287B60R21/0428B60N2/78B60N2/773B60N2/06B60N2/143B60N2002/0216B60J5/0486
Inventor 罗伯特·菲茨帕特里克布莱恩·德克斯特
Owner FAURECIA INTERIOR SYST