A motor vehicle seat includes a backrest portion, a first body, a second body and a mechanism configured to coupled the backrest portion to the first body in a movable manner between a first position, in which the backrest portion is arranged between the first and the second body, the latter defining a base extending crosswise to the backrest portion in order to support a passenger seating with the back resting against the backrest portion on a first surface of the backrest portion, and a second position, in which the backrest portion has a second surface opposite the first surface and facing the second body; wherein the first surface, in the second position of the backrest portion, defines a wind deflector.

A vehicle seat includes a cushion, a seatback connected to the cushion and a track arrangement. The track arrangement includes a curved fixed track and a flexible track follower that is moveable along the curved fixed track between a full slouch and a full upright position. The curved fixed track is connected to a vehicle seat support base and the moveable track is connected to the cushion.

A vehicle seat includes a seat main body and a hinge member. The seat main body is disposed in a state facing to a vehicle rear side. A seat back of the seat main body is attached to a vehicle body side vertical wall portion of a passenger compartment front portion. An end portion at the vehicle rear side of a seat cushion of the seat main body can be flipped up. One end portion of the hinge member is fixed to an end portion at the vehicle front side of the seat cushion and another end portion is rotatably coupled to a passenger compartment floor portion. The hinge member is provided with a weakened portion that, during a vehicle front collision in a state in which the seat main body is unfolded, plastically deforms and allows movement of the seat cushion toward the vehicle front side.

A seat for a vehicle includes a seat cushion configured to move between a seat position at which an occupant to be seated in the seat cushion and a shelf position moved upward from the seat position substantially in parallel.

A vehicle seat control device including a control unit that, in a case in which at least one user has declared in advance a desire to board a self-driving vehicle having a plurality of seats that are switchable between a first state in which a user is able to sit down, and a second state that impedes a user sitting down, switches a same number of seats as a number of the at least one user to the first state before the at least one user boards the vehicle.

A body defines a compartment. A bottom and a back are positioned in the compartment and reconfigurable between a first configuration and a second configuration. The bottom defines a storage area therebelow. The bottom and the back are coupled to and supported by the body. In the first configuration relative to the second configuration, the bottom is positioned toward a central portion of the compartment and the back is pivoted away from the central portion. The storage area is accessible from the central portion of the compartment.

A multiple position convertible seat assembly for a boat includes three seat frames pivotally coupled to the boat and to each other to move from a first position as a seat, a second position as a lounge seat with leg support, and a third position forming another seat. In the third position, the seat includes a foldout cushion exposing a work surface.

An occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom arranged to overlie a floor of the vehicle, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor. The occupant support further includes a seat mode-change system that allows the occupant support to adjust the seat bottom and the seat back to provide a storage space.

A system for facilitating communication between a vehicle and a user includes a vehicle having a rechargeable battery and a communication and control subsystem. The communication and control subsystem is communicatively coupled to the battery to gather and transmit vehicle information, which may include battery information and a vehicle identifier. The system also includes a charging station having a charging station identifier and an electrical coupling between the charging station, a power source, and the vehicle. The electrical coupling is operable to charge the battery and includes a communicative coupling. The control subsystem is operable to receive communications from the user via the communicative coupling.

A vehicle seat includes a cushion, a seatback connected to the cushion and a track arrangement. The track arrangement includes a curved fixed track and a flexible track follower that is moveable along the curved fixed track between a full slouch and a full upright position. The curved fixed track is connected to a vehicle seat support base and the moveable track is connected to the cushion.