Patent ID: 11873043
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H  Y | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A method of exchanging modular passenger compartments in a vehicle, comprising:
uncoupling and removing a first modular passenger compartment from a body of the vehicle by sliding the first modular passenger compartment transversely relative to the vehicle out of the body of the vehicle, the first modular passenger compartment comprising one or more seats, the body having a roof panel and a floor panel;
inserting and coupling a second modular passenger compartment to the body of the vehicle by sliding the second modular passenger compartment transversely relative to the vehicle into a space between the roof panel and the floor panel of the vehicle, the second modular passenger compartment comprising one or more seats; and
connecting the second modular passenger compartment to at least one computing device arranged within the body of the vehicle.