Patent ID: 11904732
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a passenger compartment;
an access door that separates the passenger compartment from a vehicle-exterior environment, the access door being movable between an open position and a closed position;
a first seating assembly;
a second seating assembly positioned vehicle-rearward of the first seating assembly, the first seating assembly and the second seating assembly each comprising:
a seatbase;
a seat having a first end and a second end, the seat being movably coupled to the seatbase at the second end of the seat such that the seat is movable between an upwardly-stowed position and a downwardly-deployed position;
a seat actuator that adjusts an angular position of the seat relative to the seatbase;
a seatback movably coupled to the seatbase proximate to the second end of the seat, a seating surface of the seat and the seatback being configured to receive an occupant;
a seatback actuator that adjusts an angular position of the seatback relative to the seatbase; and
a swivel actuator coupled to the seatbase such that the seatbase is rotatable about a vertical axis; and

a controller that receives request signals from a user interface and transmits instruction signals to at least one component of the first seating assembly and the second seating assembly, the at least one component chosen from the seat actuator, the seatback actuator, and the swivel actuator, wherein the controller adjusts a seating arrangement from a first arrangement to a second arrangement in response to the transmitted instruction signals, and wherein the second arrangement is a child care arrangement.