Luggage compartment for a vehicle
A vehicle includes a seat mount, and a luggage compartment. The instrument panel has a steering-wheel opening. The luggage compartment is attachable to the seat mount and covers the steering-wheel opening when attached to the seat mount. The luggage compartment may be used when the vehicle is fully autonomous and/or may equip the vehicle that may have originally been built for nonautonomous or semiautonomous operation into a fully autonomous vehicle.
1. A vehicle comprising:
a seat mount;
an instrument panel having a steering-wheel opening; and
a luggage compartment attachable to the seat mount and covering the steering-wheel opening when attached to the seat mount.
2. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a center console extending transverse to the instrument panel, wherein the luggage compartment covers a top of the center console.
3. The vehicle of claim 2 , further comprising a shift lever on the center console, and the luggage compartment covers the shift lever.
4. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a pedal attachment below the instrument panel, wherein the luggage compartment covers the pedal attachment.
5. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the luggage compartment includes an electronic display.
6. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a controller, wherein the luggage compartment is in communication with the controller.
7. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a floor supporting the seat mount, wherein a height of the luggage compartment relative to the floor is adjustable.
8. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a floor supporting the seat mount, wherein the luggage compartment is adjustable relative to the floor along the floor.
9. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein a top portion of the luggage compartment is transparent.
10. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a seat, the seat and the luggage compartment being alternately attachable to the seat mount.
11. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a steering column engageable with the instrument panel through the steering-wheel opening.
12. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a floor supporting the seat mount, wherein a height of a top of the luggage compartment relative to the floor is substantially the same as a height of a top of the instrument panel relative to the floor.
13. A method of transforming a vehicle comprising:
removing a steering wheel from a steering-wheel opening of the vehicle;
removing a seat from a seat mount of the vehicle; and
installing a luggage compartment to the seat mount with the luggage compartment covering the steering-wheel opening.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the luggage compartment covers a top of a center console extending transverse to an instrument panel including the steering-wheel opening when installed to the seat mount.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the vehicle includes a shift lever on the center console, and the luggage compartment covers the shift lever when installed to the seat mount.
16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising removing at least one pedal from a pedal attachment of the vehicle, wherein the luggage compartment covers the pedal attachment when installed to the seat mount.
17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the luggage compartment includes an electronic display.
18. The method of claim 13 , further comprising electrically connecting wiring of the luggage compartment to wiring of the vehicle.
19. The method of claim 13 , wherein a top portion of the luggage compartment is transparent.
20. The method of claim 13 , wherein a height of the luggage compartment relative to a floor is substantially the same as a height of the instrument panel relative to the floor.