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Granted Patent B1
US 10,046,675 · App. 15/585,710 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Vehicle with slidable seats

Inventors: Michael James Whitens (Milford, MI); Dean M. Jaradi (Macomb, MI); Cortney Stancato (Novi, MI); S. M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, MI); Mohammed Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, MI); Saied Nusier (Canton, MI)
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
B60N2/24B60J5/06B60N2/0232B60N2/062B60N2/14B60N2/22B60N2/3004B60N2/304B60N2002/0236
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,046,675
App. No.
15/585,710
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

A vehicle includes a wall having a hanger. The vehicle also includes a floor having a track. A seatback of a seat is supported by the hanger and the track.

Claims (18)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a wall having a hanger;

a floor having a track;

a seatback including a post detachably connectable to the hanger, the post being supported by the track, and the post being slidably engaged with the track and slidable along a length of the track when the post is detached from the hanger; and

a seat bottom supported by the seatback and pivotally attached to the seatback.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the hanger is elongated.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein in the hanger includes a second track and the seatback is slidable along the second track when the seatback is engaged with and supported by the hanger.

4. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the post includes an upper end detachably connectable to the hanger and a lower end supported by and slideably engaged with the track.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 , further comprising a base connected to the lower end of the post, the base slidably engaged with the track.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the post includes a motor and a rotatable gear connected to the motor, and the track includes a plurality of teeth spaced from each other along a length of the track, wherein the rotatable gear engages one or more of the plurality of teeth of the track.

7. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein a spring engages the seat bottom and the seatback, biasing the seat bottom to a stowed position.

8. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the seat bottom is pivotable between a stowed position and a seating position, and the seatback disengages from the hanger in the seating position.

9. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the post is rotatable relative to the floor when the seat bottom is in the seating position.

10. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the seat bottom extends from a first side to a second side, and an armrest is fixed to the first side.

11. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the track extends along the floor in a round arrangement.

12. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a vehicle body having a left side and a right side, the vehicle body including a first door on the left side of the vehicle body and a second door on the right side of the vehicle body.

13. The vehicle of claim 12 , wherein the first and second doors are slidably mounted to the vehicle body.

14. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the hanger includes an electromagnet and the post is magnetically attracted to the electromagnet when the electromagnet is powered on.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2017
From: WHITENS, MICHAEL JAMES; JARADI, DEAN M.; STANCATO, CORTNEY; FAROOQ, S.M. ISKANDER; FARUQUE, MOHAMMED OMAR; NUSIER, SAIED
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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