Vehicle having reconfigured passenger compartment modes
A motor vehicle having a passenger compartment with a forward region, a central region, and a rearward region, a floor, a seating rail system positioned on the floor and extending along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a plurality of seating assemblies arranged in the passenger compartment in a first row, a second row, and a third row. Each seating assembly has a seat base coupled to the seating rail system, a seat movably coupled to the seat base, a seat back movably coupled to the seat base, and seat actuators configured to activate the seating assemblies. The vehicle has a center console on a center console rail system extending longitudinally, a center console actuator, and a controller that receives an input commanding a selected passenger compartment arrangement and controls the actuators to position the seat assemblies and center console in the commanded passenger compartment arrangement.
1 . A motor vehicle comprising:
a passenger compartment having a forward region, a central region, and a rearward region;
a floor;
a seating rail system positioned on the floor and extending along a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle;
a plurality of seating assemblies arranged in the passenger compartment in a first row, a second row, and a third row, each of the seating assemblies comprising:
a seat base coupled to the seating rail system;
a seat movably coupled to the seat base;
a seat back movably coupled to the seat base; and
one or more seat actuators configured to actuate the seating assemblies to a plurality of positions;
three side doors on each of the opposite lateral sides of the vehicle for accessing the three rows of seating;
a center console rail system;
a center console positioned on the center console rail system extending longitudinally on the floor;
a center console actuator to actuate the center console on the center console rail system; and
a controller configured to receive an input commanding a selected passenger compartment arrangement, wherein the controller controls the one or more seat actuators and the center console actuator to position the seat assemblies and the center console in the commanded passenger compartment arrangement.
2 . The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a user input device for inputting selection of the user input.
3 . The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the user input device comprises one of a phone, a key fob, a microphone, a gesture detecting device, and a touchscreen display.
4 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the selected seating arrangement includes one of a driving mode, a social mode, and a cargo mode.
5 . The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the selected passenger compartment arrangement further includes an office mode and a child seat mode with at least one of the seat assemblies facing one of the side doors.
6 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the seating assemblies in the second row seating further comprise a swivel actuator for rotating the seats about a vertical axis.
7 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the third row seating comprises a seat back adjacent to a rear wall of the passenger compartment.
8 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the forward region includes the first row, the central region includes the second row, and the rearward region includes the third row in a driving mode.
9 . The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the vehicle comprises a pickup truck.
10 . A motor vehicle configured as a pickup truck, the motor vehicle comprising:
a passenger compartment having a forward region, a central region, and a rearward region;
a floor;
a seating rail system positioned on the floor and extending along a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle;
a plurality of seating assemblies arranged in the passenger compartment in a first row, a second row, and a third row, each of the seating assemblies comprising:
a seat base coupled to the seating rail system;
a seat movably coupled to the seat base;
a seat back movably coupled to the seat base; and
one or more seat actuators configured to actuate the seating assemblies to a plurality of positions;
three side doors on each of the opposite lateral sides of the vehicle for accessing the three rows of seating;
a center console rail system;
a center console positioned on the center console rail system extending longitudinally on the floor;
a center console actuator to actuate the center console on the center console rail system; and
a controller configured to receive an input commanding a selected passenger compartment arrangement, wherein the controller controls the one or more seat actuators and the center console actuator to position the seat assemblies and the center console in the commanded passenger compartment arrangement.
11 . The vehicle of claim 10 , further comprising a user input device for inputting selection of the user input.
12 . The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the user input device comprises one of a phone, a key fob, a microphone, a gesture detecting device, and a touchscreen display.
13 . The vehicle of claim 10 , wherein the selected seating arrangement includes one of a driving mode, a social mode, and a cargo mode.
14 . The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the selected passenger compartment arrangement further includes an office mode and a child seat mode with at least one of the seat assemblies facing one of the side doors.
15 . The vehicle of claim 10 , wherein the seating assemblies in the second row seating further comprise a swivel actuator for rotating the seats about a vertical axis.
16 . The vehicle of claim 10 , wherein the third row seating comprises a seat back adjacent to a rear wall of the cab.
17 . The vehicle of claim 10 , wherein the selected passenger compartment arrangement includes a child's seat mode in which at least one of the seating assemblies faces one of the side doors.
18 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the selected passenger compartment arrangement includes a child's seat mode in which at least one of the seating assemblies faces one of the side doors.