Vehicle interior
The invention relates to a passenger compartment ( 20 ) of a vehicle ( 10 ) comprising at least one seat ( 14, 15, 16, 17 ) and comprising a console ( 18 ) that can be placed laterally adjacent the seat. The particularity is that at least one seat ( 14, 15 ) is designed to be adjustable such that it can be moved out of a first position in which it faces in the travel direction, and into a second position, and that at least part of the console ( 18 ) is mounted so as to be movable out of a primary position in which it is laterally adjacent the seat, into a secondary position in which it is outside the movement path of the seat during movement of the seat between the first position and the second position.
1. A passenger compartment of a vehicle comprising:
a seat;
a console;
a seat drive for moving the seat out of a first front-facing position in which the seat faces in the travel direction and into a second position facing in another direction;
a console drive connected to the console for moving a part of the console out of a primary position in which it is laterally adjacent the seat and in a movement path of the seat on movement between the respective positions into a secondary position in which it is outside the movement path of the seat during movement of the seat by the seat drive between the first forward-facing position and the second position; and
a controller connected to the drives for, prior to movement of the seat by the seat drive from the first front-facing position into the second position, moving the console from the primary position into the secondary position.
2. The passenger compartment of a vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a guide on which the console travels on movement between the respective positions.
3. The passenger compartment of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the seat pivots when moving between the respective positions.
4. The passenger compartment of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the console moves in a straight line between the respective positions.
5. The passenger compartment of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein adjacent the seat there is another seat in a front region of the compartment and there are two of the seats in a back region of the compartment, the part of the console being between the seats of the front region in the primary position and is within reach of the seats of a back region in the secondary position.
6. The passenger compartment of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the console comprises a frame and a container, and the container is mounted so as to be movable relative to the frame.