TH26147U - An electrically retractable truck bed cover controlled by the vehicle's original remote control. - Google Patents

Abstract

------08/10/2567------(OCR) OCR 10KL This is an electrically retractable tonneau cover controlled by the vehicle's original remote control. The pickup truck includes the original remote control with central locking system. The electrically retractable tonneau cover, controlled by the original remote, consists of a control panel with buttons for opening and closing, a motor for operating the movable section of the cover, LED lighting for illumination of the cargo area, and an electronic control box. The control box contains commands that allow the release button on the original remote to control the electrically retractable tonneau cover, with functions including opening, closing, stopping at the desired position, and turning the LED lighting on/off.

Claims (8)

1. ------08/10/2567------(OCR) OCR 10KL1. Electrically retractable tonneau cover controlled by the original vehicle's remote control for installation on a pickup truck. Pickup truck (20) consists of the original remote control (70) which operates with the central locking system. The original remote control (70) consists of an unlock button for unlocking all doors including the tailgate and a lock button for locking all doors including the tailgate. The truck bed (22) consists of the front truck bed wall (23), the left truck bed wall (24), the right truck bed wall (25), the tailgate (26), the truck bed floor (27) and the cargo area (33). The tailgate (26) can be rotated open and closed. The top opening of the truck bed is covered by an electrically retractable tonneau cover (35). The tailgate (26) is fitted with a tailgate lock device that is connected to the pickup truck's original central locking system. The tailgate locking mechanism is operated by pressing a button on the original remote control (70). The tailgate locking mechanism consists of an actuator (43) connected to the pickup truck's battery (32). The actuator (43) acts as an unlocker. After pressing the unlock button on the original remote control (70), the left latch (30) and the right latch (31) of the tailgate can be unlatched. The actuator (43) also acts as a locker. After pressing the lock button on the original remote control (70), the left latch (30) and the right latch (31) of the tailgate cannot be unlatched. The electrically retractable tonneau cover consists of a keypad (40) which contains A slide-open button (41) and a slide-close button (42). A push button panel (40) is located on the outer surface of the electrically retractable tailgate (35). A motor (38) drives the movable tailgate (34) to slide open and close. An LED light (39) illuminates the cargo space (33) of the tailgate (22). The LED light (39) is located under the movable tailgate (34). It also includes a control box (37) which is an electronic control unit (ECU). Inside the control box (37) is a microcontroller, an IC chip containing a set of instructions to control the operation as needed. An opto-isolator is a device that transfers electrical signals between two circuits. A 5-volt power supply. A receiver is used to receive signals from the original remote control (70) of the vehicle. A voltage regulator. It serves to set up the jam protection system, a transistor for controlling the LED (39), a relay for controlling the low current mode (Sleep mode), a CPU for controlling the low current mode (Sleep mode), an LED for showing the ECU's operating status, and a connector for the input-output connection point of the ECU. Various devices are connected together, including the control box (37) connected to the pickup truck's battery (32), the motor (38) connected to the control box (37), the actuator (43) connected to the control box (37), the push button panel (40) connected to the control box (37), and the LED (39) connected to the control box (37). The control box (37) contains a set of commands to control the electrically retractable tailgate (35) to be in low current mode. When the user presses the Lock button on the original remote control (70), the system will process and shut down so that only a small amount of power is supplied to the control box (37), thus entering low power mode or sleep mode. The control box (37) contains a set of commands to control the operation of the electrically retractable tonneau cover by pressing the button on the original remote control. The functions include sliding open, sliding closed, stopping sliding at the desired position, and turning the LED lights on and off (39). 2. An electrically retractable tonneau cover controlled by the original remote control of the vehicle, in accordance with claim 1, in which the control box (37) contains a set of instructions which stipulate that when the motor (38) has been rotating and has been running for 50 seconds, the system will order the motor to stop. 3. An electrically rollable tonneau cover controlled by the original vehicle remote control, in accordance with claim 1, in which the control box (37) contains a set of commands which includes a jam protection system which operates by, when the motor current rises to a set value, the motor (38) immediately stops, and the movable tonneau cover (34) therefore stops moving. 4. An electrically retractable tonneau cover controlled by the original vehicle remote control, pursuant to claim 1, in which the control box (37) contains a set of instructions which stipulate that while the movable part of the cover (34) is in motion, if the user presses the open button (41) or the close button (42) of the keypad (40) or the unlock button of the original remote control (70) again, the movable part of the cover (34) will stop moving. 5. An electrically retractable tonneau cover controlled by the original vehicle remote control, in accordance with claim 1, in which the control box (37) contains a set of commands to control the cover to close and enter sleep mode after the user presses the lock button on the original remote control (70), resulting in very low current flowing to the control box (37), causing that anyone who presses the slide-open button (41) or the slide-close button (42) on the keypad (40) will not be able to open or close the movable tonneau cover (34). 6. An electrically retractable tonneau cover controlled by the vehicle's original remote control, as per claim 1, in which the control box (37) contains a set of commands to control the tonneau cover so that when the movable part (34) slides open, the LED (39) lights up and the system starts a timer for the lights to turn on. When 60 seconds have passed, the system orders the LED (39) to turn off. 7. The electrically retractable tonneau cover, controlled by the vehicle's original remote control, as per claim 1, consumes 0.003 milliamperes of current while in sleep mode. 8. An electrically retractable truck bed cover controlled by the original remote control of the vehicle, in accordance with claim 1, in which the control box (37) contains a set of commands to control the motor to stop rotating when the motor draws a current higher than the value set by the control box ------------