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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Schmidt, Dearborn, MI (US);
Uday Kiran Patil, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 5/02 (2006.01); B60K 20/02 (2006.01); B60K 26/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60N 2/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 5/02 (2013.01); B60K 20/02 (2013.01); B60K 26/02 (2013.01); B60N 2/01508 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B60L 2260/32 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0212 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a seat mount, and a luggage compartment. The instrument panel has a steering-wheel opening. The luggage compartment is attachable to the seat mount and covers the steering-wheel opening when attached to the seat mount. The luggage compartment may be used when the vehicle is fully autonomous and/or may equip the vehicle that may have originally been built for nonautonomous or semiautonomous operation into a fully autonomous vehicle.