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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2021
Tectum Holdings Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Chad Carter, Manchester, MI (US);
Ryan DeLong, Stockbridge, MI (US);
Jerome Facchinello, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
William Cohoon, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Robert Gaarder, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Wilbur Paul Winkle, III, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
EXTANG CORPORATION, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A tonneau system that includes one or more tonneau sections and a retraction system. The retraction system has an adjuster shaft; a bias member; a drive roller in communication with the adjuster shaft; one or more lines connected to the one or more tonneau sections and/or to the drive roller; and an adjuster to adjust torque provided by the bias member. The bias member is connected to the adjuster shaft, the drive roller, or both.