Daimler Chrysler Ag

Bernd Loeper

Gerardo Friedlmeier

Hagen Behrends

Dieter Henke

A passenger vehicle is equipped with a rear seat bench which has a backrest and a seat cushion. The backrest and seat cushion are divided, in each case, into a &frac13; part and a &frac23; part. The backrest parts can be deposited in a storage space of the respective, assigned seat cushion part. The &frac23; seat cushion part is of removable design. Arranged behind the rear seat bench is a loading space having a height-adjustable loading floor which can be adjusted between a lower position in which the loading floor is situated approximately level with a vehicle floor, and an upper position in which an auxiliary storage space is formed between the loading floor and the vehicle floor. This auxiliary loading space is dimensioned in such a manner that the removed &frac23; seat cushion part can be accommodated therein.

Passenger vehicle having a removable rear seat cushions, and stowage space for the same

A compressed-gas tank system has at least two gas vessels, the gas vessels having a base part and a removal part and openings which are assigned to the removal parts. The removal parts of the gas vessels are directly connected to a connecting rail, without any pipelines therebetween. The openings are in communication with a gas passage which runs inside the connecting rail, the connecting rail being assigned a shut-off valve which is common to all the gas vessels. The gas vessels are mechanically connected to a supporting rail, the supporting rail and the connecting rail forming a holding frame for the gas vessels.

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Schwaikheim, Germany

Bernd Loeper