A vehicle 30, typically an autonomous vehicle, includes a wall 32 having a cylindrical shape surrounding a passenger compartment 34 having a table 36 and a circular track 38 extending around table 36, for example supported on wall 32. A plurality of seats 40 are mounted to and independently slidable along track 38. A dome-shaped roof (48, Figure 1) may cover passenger compartment 34. Seats 40 may each be rotatable between a sitting position and an upright position. An airbag may be supported by table 34. A door 54, which may be a curved sliding door, may be provided in wall 32. An alternative embodiment has an octagonal wall 32, for example with openable panels (56, Figure 8).
Vehicle with round passenger compartment
2018-05-30
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
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