BED COVER ASSEMBLY FOR PICKUP TRUCK

• US 20200130492A1
• Filed: 05/20/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Hak-Lim
• Granted Patent: US 11,046,164 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 11/025 specially adapted for covering vehicle parts, e.g. for doors, windows or windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 11/06 for covering only specific parts of the vehicle, e.g. for doors covers or guards for traction couplings, hitches, draw-gear or towing devices B60D1/60; guards for wheels, radiators or bumpers B60R19/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 7/068 for utility vehicles, e.g. of tarpaulin or roller-blind type
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/14 Trucks; Load vehicles, Busses

Abstract

A bed cover assembly for a pickup truck may include cover guides coupled to upper ends of both body sides of a pickup truck and having guide means such as a guide rail formed inward of the truck; a bed cover coupled between the cover guides to slide along the guide means; and rotary guide rail assemblies hinged to both body sides of the rear of the truck, wherein when the bed cover moves rearward, the rotary guide rail assemblies rotate upward about respective hinge axes thereof and the bed cover moves along guide means formed at the rotary guide rail assemblies.

Claims

1. A bed cover assembly for a pickup truck, the pickup truck comprising a body defining two body sides, the bed cover assembly comprising:

cover guides coupled to upper ends of both body sides of a pickup truck and having a guide rail formed inward of the truck;

a bed cover coupled between the cover guides to slide along the guide rail; and

rotary guide rail assemblies hinged to both body sides of a rear of the truck,

wherein when the bed cover moves rearward, the rotary guide rail assemblies rotates upward about respective hinge axes thereof and the bed cover moves along guide rails formed at the rotary guide rail assemblies.

2. The bed cover assembly of claim 1, wherein:

the bed cover comprises an upper lid and a rear lid; and

the rear lid is movable along the guide rails formed at the rotary guide rail assemblies.

3. The bed cover assembly of claim 2, wherein:

the upper lid has an irregular shape; and

the rear lid has a flat shape.

4. The bed cover assembly of claim 2, wherein the upper lid has rotary guide rail pushers shaped to extend downward and be bent from both sides thereof so that the rotary guide rail assemblies are pushed upward by the rotary guide rail pushers.

5. The bed cover assembly of claim 2, wherein when the bed cover fully moves into a final position, the rear lid rotates downward about the upper lid.

6. The bed cover assembly of claim 5, further comprising a bed cover support coupled to an upper end of a tail gate formed in the rear of the pickup truck,

wherein the rear lid is seated in a support groove formed in a longitudinal direction of the bed cover support.

7. The bed cover assembly of claim 1, wherein each of the rotary guide rail assemblies is configured such that its upper portion is a guide hinged to an associated one of both body sides of the rear of the truck and its lower portion extends in a flat form from the guide.

8. The bed cover assembly of claim 7, wherein the guide is hinged to the truck body in a front portion thereof.

9. The bed cover assembly of claim 8, wherein the rotary guide rail assembly is chamfered at the rear thereof.