Bed cover assembly for pickup truck

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11046164-B2
Application number	US-201916416722-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2019
Priority date	Oct 25, 2018
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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 including a pair of first guide rails coupled to upper ends of both body sides of a pickup truck;
a bed cover disposed between the pair of first guide rails and configured to slide along the pair of first guide rails; and
rotary guide rail assemblies arranged to face to each other and each including a pair of second guide rails and hinged to both body sides of a rear of the truck,
wherein when the bed cover moves rearward along the pair of first guide rails and the pair of second guide rails of the rotary guide rail assemblies, the rotary guide rail assemblies rotate upward about respective hinge axes thereof,
wherein:
each of the rotary guide rail assemblies includes an upper portion and a lower portion,
the upper portion is a guide hinged to an associated one of both body sides of the rear of the truck, and
the lower portion extends in a flat form from the guide.

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 pair of second guide rails formed at the rotary guide rail assemblies.

3. The bed cover assembly of claim 2 , wherein:
the upper lid is at least partly in a wave form; and
the rear lid has a flat shape.

4. The bed cover assembly of claim 2 , wherein the upper lid has a rotary guide rail pusher to which is extended downward from the upper lid and bent toward the rotary guide rail assemblies so that at least one of the rotary guide rail assemblies is pushed upward by the rotary guide rail pusher.

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 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 the guide is hinged to the truck body at a front portion thereof.

8. The bed cover assembly of claim 7 , wherein the rotary guide rail assembly is chamfered at the rear thereof.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Hak-Lim

Classifications

• B62D35/001

  For commercial vehicles or tractor-trailer combinations, e.g. caravans · CPC title

• B60Y2200/141

  Light trucks · CPC title

• B60Y2200/11

  Passenger cars; Automobiles · CPC title

• B60P7/02 Primary

  Covering of load · CPC title

• B60J5/10

  arranged at the vehicle rear (B60J5/04 takes precedence {; bonnets or lids B62D25/10; tail gates for pick-up trucks B62D33/0273; counterbalancing E05F; springs, e.g. pneumatic F16F}) · CPC title