US Patent Issued to INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GROUP on April 21 for "Automatic tarp control system and method for dump trucks" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,996, issued on April 21, was assigned to INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GROUP LLC (Dunn, N.C.).

"Automatic tarp control system and method for dump trucks" was invented by James Patrick Godwin Jr. (Dunn, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tarp control system for a dump truck controls a motorized spool to automatically extend and retract the tarp in response to a non-continuous input from a user. A rotary encoder attached to the motorized spool outputs the spool's motion to a controller. In response to user input, the controller controls the motor of the motorized spool to rotate in the proper direction to extend or retract the tarp. Rearwa...