This disclosure relates to an autonomous vehicle configurable for transportation of either passengers, cargo, or both. The various aspects of this disclosure, which include moveable seat assemblies, a door arrangement, and storage bins, among other things, provide the vehicle with increased functionality and versatility, leading to more efficient vehicle use.

A vehicle having a floor, first and second lateral side body structures, a roof, a rear wall, and a bulkhead. The rear wall extends from the roof and cooperates with the floor to at least partially define an opening. The bulkhead may be moveable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

Provided is a mobile cabin set that allows flexible arrangement of layout in a cabin. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a mobile cabin set that includes a cabin body configuring a part of a moving body and including a ceiling surface, a floor surface, and two or more side surfaces that define an interior space; at least one rail arranged on at least one surface of the ceiling surface, or the two or more side surfaces of the cabin body, the at least one rail extending in a direction that intersects a vertical direction; and at least one attachment arranged in the interior space. The at least one rail includes an attachment/detachment mechanism to allow attachment/detachment of the at least one attachment at a given position of the at least one rail.

A rear cargo bed structure of a multipurpose vehicle is provided. The multipurpose vehicle includes a vehicle frame unit, a steering device connected to the vehicle frame unit and operable to control a moving direction of the multipurpose vehicle, a front wheel assembly mounted to a front end of the vehicle frame unit, a seat portion mounted on the vehicle frame unit to receive a driver and a passenger to sit thereon, a rear wheel assembly mounted to a rear end of the vehicle frame unit, and a vehicle cover unit set on and covering a periphery of the vehicle frame unit. A rear cargo bed in the form of a flat surface is arranged on a rear frame portion of the vehicle frame unit. As such, the performance of the multipurpose vehicle for carrying cargo is improved.

An autonomous vehicle includes an autonomously driven vehicle frame with a retractable pivot mechanism disposed on a platform surface of the vehicle frame. Changeable utility pods are configured to attach to and be removed from the vehicle frame by way of the retractable pivot mechanism onboard the frame, and autonomously change the vehicle from a passenger transport to a logistics transport by changing utility pods. A processor provides autonomous vehicle operations that include extending the retractable pivot mechanism from a retracted position recessed in the platform surface of the vehicle frame to an extended position that engages a utility pod conveyor channel. The retractable pivot mechanism engages a conveyor channel disposed on a mating surface of a utility pod, and conveys the utility pod along the conveyor channel to a centered and laterally-aligned position on the vehicle frame by rotating the pod into position once centered over the pivot mechanism.

The present technology provides a cargo adapter that can be inserted into a passenger compartment of a mixed-use vehicle that can be anchored to existing anchor points in the vehicle. The cargo adapter can then receive, secure, and support a cargo locker in a way that safely secures the cargo and avoids wear on the interior surfaces of the passenger compartment. The present technology further provides a system for transporting a cargo locker to a vehicle and inserting the cargo adapter and cargo locker into the vehicle quickly and easily.

A rear cargo bed structure of a multipurpose vehicle is provided. The multipurpose vehicle includes a vehicle frame unit, a steering device connected to the vehicle frame unit and operable to control a moving direction of the multipurpose vehicle, a front wheel assembly mounted to a front end of the vehicle frame unit, a seat portion mounted on the vehicle frame unit to receive a driver and a passenger to sit thereon, a rear wheel assembly mounted to a rear end of the vehicle frame unit, and a vehicle cover unit set on and covering a periphery of the vehicle frame unit. A rear cargo bed in the form of a flat surface is arranged on a rear frame portion of the vehicle frame unit. As such, the performance of the multipurpose vehicle for carrying cargo is improved.

In pickup truck bed having longitudinal axis x, parallel to x longitudinal axis of said truck, lateral axis y perpendicular to x and on same horizontal plane and z being a vertical axis perpendicular to said xy plane, a rail mechanism comprising: on said bed, at least one first male or female rail disposed along axis x and at least one second male or female rail along z axis; on said box at least one first male or female rail disposed along axis x and at least one second male or female rail along z axis. Rails on the box are paired in a mateable manner with rails on said bed. Each rail in a mated pair having zero degrees of freedom of movement except for reciprocal linear movement along the x axis.

The invention relates to a vehicle configurator (100) comprising a chassis (1), a transport structure (2) and one or more transfer means (41). The one or more transfer means are essentially arranged in a displacement plane. The vehicle configurator (100) is designed such that the transport structure (2) is displaceable with the one or more transfer means (41) in the displacement plane for loading or unloading the transport structure (2) from the chassis (1).

In pickup truck bed having longitudinal axis x, parallel to x longitudinal axis of said truck, lateral axis y perpendicular to x and on same horizontal plane and z being a vertical axis perpendicular to said xy plane, a rail mechanism comprising: on said bed, at least one first male or female rail disposed along axis x and at least one second male or female rail along z axis; on said box at least one first male or female rail disposed along axis x and at least one second male or female rail along z axis. Rails on the box are paired in a mateable manner with rails on said bed. Each rail in a mated pair having zero degrees of freedom of movement except for reciprocal linear movement along the x axis.