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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2022
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Justin B. Norris, Brighton, MI (US);
Frank A. Richards, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alexander L. Paradis, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a passenger cabin and a truck bed located rearward of the passenger cabin. The vehicle includes a truck bed cover that is sized to cover the truck bed and is movably attached to one or more walls of the truck bed to allow the truck bed cover to be moved between open and closed positions. The truck bed cover includes a latching device that engages a striker in the closed position. A sensing device is mounted in the truck bed that is configured to provide an indication of an open condition of the truck bed cover to a vehicle locking and security ECU. The locking and security ECU configured to provide an indication using an OEM security system of the vehicle when the open condition is detected.