Console with driver's interface
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1. A driver'"'"'s interface for a vehicle having a plurality of differently located driving positions comprising:
- a control module interfaceable with a driver and transversely movable between the driving positions to accommodate the driver'"'"'s control of the vehicle from different locations;
wherein the control module interfaces the driver for steering the vehicle.
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Abstract
A drive-by-wire control console for a vehicle has a transversely movable control module on a transversely movable, elongated beam which is supported on a longitudinally movable support column which supports the elongated beam. The control module includes steering devices and display screens for vital vehicle information.
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1. A driver'"'"'s interface for a vehicle having a plurality of differently located driving positions comprising:
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a control module interfaceable with a driver and transversely movable between the driving positions to accommodate the driver'"'"'s control of the vehicle from different locations;
wherein the control module interfaces the driver for steering the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A driver'"'"'s interface for a vehicle having a plurality of differently located driving positions comprising:
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a control module interface with a driver and movable between the driving positions to accommodate the driver'"'"'s control of the vehicle from different locations;
wherein the control module interfaces the driver for steering the vehicle; and
wherein the interface of the control module permits the driver to steer-by-wire.
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9. A drive-by-wire control console for a vehicle with a driver'"'"'s interface comprising:
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a universally movable control module;
a transversely elongated beam supporting the control module; and
sufficient actuators to provide the control module with multiple degrees of freedom. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A mobile vehicle adapted to be driven by wire and comprising:
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seating structure having a plurality of selectable driving positions; and
a control console movable with respect to a driver in more than one of such selectable positions;
the control console including a support column movable with respect to the seating structure, a beam movable with respect to the support column, and a control module movable with respect to the beam, whereby to interface the control module with the driver. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A driver cockpit for the interchangeable body of a drive-by-wire chassis comprising:
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a floor having an opening;
a pair of sealing structures connected to the floor; and
a control console between the seating structures and movable longitudinally with respect to the floor and the seating structures;
the control console including a control module movable transversely between positions in driver interface relationship at each seating structure; and
the control module having a steer-by-wire component connectable to the chassis by wire through the opening in the floor. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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