Patent ID: 8330575

Claim:
A keyless access system suitable for use with a truck, the truck including a tractor area and a cargo area, the cargo area being provided with at least an access door, wherein the system comprises: a main control unit adapted to be located in the tractor area and configured to interact with a customer identification device to selectively operate control access means which allow or prevent access to a driver cabin of the tractor area of the truck, a secondary control unit adapted to be located in or near the cargo area and configured to interact with the same customer identification device in order to collect data from the customer identification device and to selectively operate an actuator which locks or unlocks the access door, and bi-directional telecommunication means between the main and secondary control units, wherein the secondary control unit is configured to send to the main control unit some information representative of data collected from the customer identification device and the main control unit is configured to send to the secondary control unit a clearance signal to unlock the access door.