AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE WITH BENCH SEATS WITH VARIABLE ORIENTATION Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC B60N2/02 B60N2/20 B60R21/15 

FIELD: transportation.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions refers to a vehicle with seats. Vehicle contains sensors for autonomous control, a controller, a passenger compartment, a front bench seat located in the passenger compartment, an electric drive and an airbag. Controller is configured able to receive signals generated by the autonomous control sensors and to control the vehicle subsystem in accordance with these signals. Seat is made able to move from the position in the direction of travel to the position opposite the direction of travel. Airbag is located in the passenger compartment behind the bench seat when it is positioned in the direction of travel and in front of the bench seat when it is positioned opposite the direction of travel. Airbag deploys only when the bench seat is in a position opposite the direction of travel.

EFFECT: it is possible to move the bench seat from the position in the direction of travel to the position opposite the direction of travel by moving the rear part of the seat towards the front part of the passenger compartment.

17 cl, 9 dwg