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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2022
Magna Closures Inc., Newmarket, CA;
Tobias Kober, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Mariusz Gierak, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Marcus Papendorf, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Gernot Bruder, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Jens Anders, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Metodi Kostadinov, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Frank Bertz, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
MAGNA CLOSURES INC., Newmarket, CA;
Abstract
A closure system for a motor vehicle cargo bed includes a closure panel having a plurality of slats moveable between a deployed position and a retracted position, with each adjacent pair of the slats being pivotably connected to one another by a hinge unit for pivotal movement of the adjacent slats about a hinge axis. First and second guide track units are configured to be mounted to one side of the cargo bed to extend adjacent opposite side edge portions of the closure panel. A plurality of roller units, each having first and second rollers, are supported along the opposite side edge portions of the cover panel for rolling movement along the first and second guide track units, with each roller unit rolling about a roller axis that is coaxially aligned with one of the hinge axes.