Patent ID: 8474290

Claim:
A locking assembly for a truck bed closure having a wall, the locking assembly comprising: a bushing configured to be supported on the wall of the truck bed closure, said bushing including a bushing wall defining a bore therein; a handle assembly comprising an exterior handle which is manually rotatable, a rotatable shaft rotatably supported in said bore and connected to said handle for rotation therewith, and a key cylinder rotatably mounted within an interior of the shaft, said shaft including a transverse passage and said key cylinder including a slide bolt engagement tab extending from an interior end of the key cylinder; a slide bolt mounted within said transverse passage in the shaft and slidable between a locked position engaged with said bushing and an unlocked position disengaged from said bushing; and a power module configured for attachment to an interior end of the handle assembly adjacent the wall of the truck bed closure, the power module including a mounting frame and a drive plate movable with respect to the mounting frame between a locking position and an unlocking position, said drive plate including a slide bolt locking projection and a slide bolt unlocking projection which move said slide bolt respectively between said locked and unlocked positions upon movement of said drive plate.