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Granted Patent B2
US 12,539,761 · App. 18/911,869 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Internal structure of mobile object

Inventors: Daiki Haraguchi (Aichi, JP); Hiroyuki Suzuki (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60K35/60B60K35/22B60K2360/66B60K2360/771
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Patent No.
US 12,539,761
App. No.
18/911,869
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plate-shaped plate member capable of showing an image projected thereon is disposed along a ceiling of a vehicle, and a plurality of seats are disposed in the vehicle such that the height with respect to a horizontal plane gradually increases in a first direction. At least a part of the plate member slopes downward with respect to the horizontal plane in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

Claims (25)

1 . A mobile object comprising:

a plate-shaped plate member disposed along a ceiling of the mobile object, the plate member being capable of showing an image projected thereon, the plate member having a planar surface;

a support member disposed between the ceiling and the plate member, wherein the support member is positioned such that at least a part of the plate member slopes downward with respect to the horizontal plane in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and

a plurality of seats disposed such that a height with respect to a horizontal plane gradually increases in a first direction,

wherein:

the plate member is a plurality of plate members, one or more of the plate members, which include at least a foremost plate member located at a foremost position in the second direction, are referred to as a first plate member group, one or more of the plate members. which are adjacent to the first plate member group, are referred to as a second plate member group, the first plate member group and the second plate member group slope downward with respect to the horizontal plane, and a slope angle of the first plate member group with respect to the horizontal plane is greater than a slope angle of the second plate member group with respect to the horizontal plane; or

the plate member is a single plate member, the single plate member is bent at two bent points and slopes downward with respect to the horizontal plane, and the two bent points are a first bent point and a second bent point arranged in this order in the second direction, a slope angle with respect to the horizontal plane at the first bent point is greater than a slope angle with respect to the horizontal plane at the second bent point.

2 . The mobile object according to claim 1 , wherein the first direction is a rearward direction of the mobile object, and the second direction is a frontward direction of the mobile object.

3 . The mobile object according to claim 1 , wherein

the plate member is the plurality of plate members,

one or more of the plate members, which are adjacent to the second plate member group at a position opposite the first plate member group, are referred to as a third plate member group,

the first plate member group, the second plate member group, and the third plate member group slope downward with respect to the horizontal plane, and

the slope angle of the second plate member group with respect to the horizontal plane is greater than a slope angle of the third plate member group with respect to the horizontal plane.

4 . A mobile object comprising:

a plate-shaped plate member disposed along a ceiling of the mobile object, the plate member being capable of showing an image projected thereon, the plate member having a planar surface;

a support member disposed between the ceiling and the plate member, wherein the support member is positioned such that at least a part of the plate member slopes downward with respect to the horizontal plane in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and

a plurality of seats disposed such that a height with respect to a horizontal plane gradually increases in a first direction,

wherein

the plate member is a plurality of plate members, one or more of the plate members, which include at least a foremost plate member located at a foremost position in the second direction, are referred to as a first plate member group,

one or more of the plate members, which are adjacent to the first plate member group, are referred to as a second plate member group,

one or more of the plate members, which are adjacent to the second plate member group at a position opposite the first plate member group, are referred to as a third plate member group,

the first plate member group, the second plate member group, and the third plate member group slope downward with respect to the horizontal plane,

a slope angle of the first plate member group with respect to the horizontal plane is greater than a slope angle of the second plate member group with respect to the horizontal plane, and

the slope angle of the second plate member group with respect to the horizontal plane is greater than a slope angle of the third plate member group with respect to the horizontal plane.

5 . The mobile object according to claim 4 , wherein the first direction is a rearward direction of the mobile object, and the second direction is a frontward direction of the mobile object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2024
From: HARAGUCHI, DAIKI; SUZUKI, HIROYUKI
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 068865/0403 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-177789 · Oct 13, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250121687A1 · Apr 17, 2025
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