Integrated vehicle cover
AssigneeExtang Corporation
InventorsKelly Kneifl, Robert Gaarder, Jerome Facchinello, Daniel J. Delaney, Robbie Mosingo
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Abstract
A method of operating a tonneau cover and a tailgate of a vehicle, including: transmitting one or more signals to a first control module to open or lower the tailgate; determining a position of the tonneau cover with the first control module or a second control module and transmitting by the first control module and/or the second control module one or more signals to a mechanism associated with the tonneau cover to open the tonneau cover if the tonneau cover is determined by the first control module and/or the second control module to be in a closed position; and then lowering the tailgate.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method of operating a tonneau cover, the method comprises:
- transmitting one or more signals to a control module to cause the tonneau cover to move from an open position towards a closed position;
- detecting presence of an object that is located in between an end of the tonneau cover and a tailgate of a vehicle and that interferes with further moving the tonneau cover into the closed position;
- and
- stopping movement of the tonneau cover after the end of the tonneau cover makes contact with the object.
A system, comprising:
- a tonneau cover movable relative to a vehicle between an open position and a closed position;
- a control module in communication with the tonneau cover, wherein the control module includes a processor and a memory, and the control module is programmed to:
- receive a signal to cause the tonneau cover to move from the open position toward the closed position;
- detect a presence of an object that is located in between an end of the tonneau cover and a tailgate of the vehicle and that interferes with further moving the tonneau cover into the closed position;
- and
- cause the tonneau cover to stop moving after the end of the tonneau cover makes contact with the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.