Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated tonneau cover for a vehicle
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Application No.: US16953091Application Date: 2020-11-19
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Publication No.: US12083875B2Publication Date: 2024-09-10
- Inventor: Arvind Pattabhiraman , Jared Migdal , Paul Venhovens , Greg Peer , Dhruv Kapoor , Alan Paul Clarke
- Applicant: TESLA, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: B60J7/08
- IPC: B60J7/08 ; B60J10/88 ; B60R16/033 ; E05F15/603 ; H02J7/35

Abstract:
A truck bed cover integrated in a vehicle (e.g., a truck), configured to move through an opening formed between a cab and a truck bed, and along a set of channels on the truck bed. The vehicle includes a motor engaged with the truck bed cover and configured to enable an automated movement of the truck bed cover along the set of channels. The vehicle in one embodiment is an electric truck configured to run off a battery pack stored within the electric truck. The truck bed cover includes a plurality of movable portions, the plurality of movable portions linked together in a flexible format.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210155086A1 INTEGRATED TONNEAU COVER FOR A VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2021-05-27
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