Patents
US 12752862 B2: Vehicles including truck bed storage systems with rotating rack assemblies
- Granted
- 2026-10-06
- Filed
- 2023-09-13 application 18367806
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a truck bed that includes a bed deck and a storage system that includes a rack assembly including a housing having a fixed size that occupies at least 10 percent of a total area of the bed deck in a stowed position. The rack assembly includes a pivot mechanism that is mounted to a rear pillar of the vehicle and provides a fixed pivot location. The rack assembly is configured to pivot about the pivot location from the stowed position entirely within the truck bed overhanging the bed deck to an extended position at least partially out of the truck bed and overhanging a tailgate of the truck bed.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-06 (ipgb20261006.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. 4,290 patents | US company or organization | Plano, TX | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-06 |
| Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha 30,553 patents | Foreign company or organization | Toyota, JP | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-06 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh D. Fraley | Saline, MI | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-06 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B62D | Motor vehicles; trailers | B62D33/0207 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-06 |
| B60R | Vehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for | B60R9/065 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-06 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
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