Kits for a truck bed cover assembly

A conversion kit for converting a manually operated roll-up cover assembly for a truck bed to a motorized roll-up cover assembly, the manually operated roll-up cover assembly including a rollable curtain (1) formed of a plurality of adjacent transverse panels (2) and a housing box (3) adapted to be mounted at the forward end of the truck bed for receiving and storing said rollable curtain, said housing box (3) comprising a hollow transverse rotatable shaft (4) mounted therein, the kit comprising:

• an electric motor assembly (5) adapted to be mounted and/or removed, by a user, coaxially and slidably within the hollow transverse rotatable shaft 4, through an opening (20) arranged on a side wall of the housing box (3), to rotate said shaft (4);
• a smart-AI controller circuit board (6) adapted to be mounted on the housing box (3) for receiving commanding signals from a remote controller or a smartphone device and driving the electric motor assembly (5) accordingly;
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• a wiring harness (7) comprising a plurality of connectors and wires, to connect the electric motor assembly to the smart AI controller circuit board (6) and to a power system of the vehicle;
• said electric motor assembly (5) comprising a substantially cylindrical outer housing (8), an electric motor arranged within said outer housing (8) and transmission means (9) comprising gear means (10) mounted to a first end section (8a) of said outer housing (8);
• wherein the transmission means (9) further comprises drive means (11) mounted on said gear means (10) for driving the transverse rotatable shaft (4);
• and wherein the drive means (11) comprise engagement notches (12) spaced about the outer circumferential surface thereof designed to be in driving engagement with depending portions arranged on the inner surface of the transverse rotatable shaft (4).