Patent ID: 11926248
Assignee: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE SEATING, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising
a vehicle frame including a floor, a front dash, and a rear wall to define a passenger compartment between the front dash and the rear wall and above the floor,
a front occupant support positioned directly aft of the front dash within the passenger compartment, and
a rear occupant support positioned directly forward of the rear wall and between the front occupant support and the rear wall within the passenger compartment, the rear occupant support including a seat bottom arranged to overlie the floor, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor in front of the rear wall, and a seat mode-change system configured to couple the rear occupant support to at least one of the floor and the rear wall, the seat mode-change system including a seat bottom mount coupled between the floor of the vehicle and the seat bottom, a seat back mount coupled between the rear wall of the vehicle and the seat back, and a seat linkage coupled to and interconnecting a rear end of the seat bottom and a lower end of the seat back of the rear occupant support,
wherein the seat mode-change system is configured to allow movement of the rear occupant support relative to the floor and the rear wall between a passenger support mode, in which the seat back is arranged in a generally vertical orientation relative to the floor and the seat bottom is arranged in a generally horizontal orientation relative to the floor to provide a seating space for an occupant above the seat bottom and forward of the seat back in the passenger support mode, a first storage mode, in which the seat back is arranged in a generally horizontal orientation relative to the floor and the seat bottom is arranged in a generally vertical orientation relative to the floor to define a storage space located rearward of the seat bottom and below the seat back in the storage mode, and a second storage mode, in which the seat bottom is oriented to extend vertically with the seat back and is positioned in confronting relation to the seat back to provide a forward storage space between the front row occupant support and the rear row occupant support,
wherein the rear wall is formed to include a compartment and the vehicle further comprises a storage shelf stored in the compartment when the rear row occupant support is in the passenger support mode, and wherein the storage shelf is supported above the floor by the seat bottom and the rear wall when the rear row occupant support is in the first storage mode to define a plurality of sub-spaces within the storage space.