operator station for an autonomous work vehicle

• Main Authors: Huenemann, Matthew, Jacobsthal, Eric Michael, Asztalos, Frank Zsigmond, Jackson, Dwayne St. George, Foster, Christopher Alan, Lukac, John Bradley
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.11.2022
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; CONTROLLING; DREDGING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FOUNDATIONS; HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; SOIL SHIFTING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A work vehicle (10) includes a body (12). The vehicle (10) includes a panel (36) configured to cover a portion of the body (12) of the vehicle (10). The vehicle (10) includes an operator station (34) configured to be stowed within the body (12) of the vehicle (10) to enable the panel (36) to cover the operator station (34) while the vehicle (10) is at least partially autonomously controlled. The operator station (34) is configured to be deployed at least partially external to the body (12) of the vehicle (10) to enable an operator to control the vehicle (10).