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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Noritaka Toyama, Anjo, JP;
Atsuko Kobayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Keiko Nagatomi, Toyota, JP;
Keisuke Ito, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/183 (2006.01); B60N 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/183 (2013.01); B60N 3/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a steering wheel that can move between a driving position in which an occupant operates the steering wheel and a table position in which a wheel axis is oriented in a vehicle vertical direction. The steering wheel in the table position functions as a table or a part of a table for use by the occupant, who is sitting in a driver's seat.