Abstract:
A closure assembly for a motor vehicle includes a closure member, a guide track and a carrier operably secured to the guide track for movement along the guide track and carrying the closure member therewith. A rack has a plurality of teeth and extends along the guide track. A pinion gear is carried by the carrier and has teeth engaging the rack. A motor is operably connected to the pinion gear to selectively move the closure member from one position to another. The carrier includes at least one engagement member biased into engagement with the guide track to prevent binding of the carrier with the guide track and to maintain contact between the pinion gear and the rack.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a path-guided window lifter for a motor vehicle, with a guideway in a guide plate, two slide elements interacting with the upper and lower side of the guide plate for guiding the follower perpendicular to the surface of the guide plate and with an additional slide element which interacts through slide faces with opposite flanks of the guideway and guides the follower in the surface of the guide plate. The object of the present invention is to develop a window lifter of this kind so that increased wear on the slide block can be counteracted. The slide faces are attached spring-elastically to the additional slide element.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a continuously controlled window regulator which comprises a coupling disc arranged on a guide plate in a motor vehicle and can he displaced along a displacement trajectory formed by a window guide rail. Said coupling disc comprises guiding elements which arc arranged on the window guide rail, on the front and rear edges of the guide plate. At least the first guiding element arranged on the front edge of the guide plate and at least the second guiding element arranged on the rear edge thereof are disposed in such a way that they arc movable with respect to each other for mounting. The first guiding element can be placed into a mounting position in order to be mounted on the guide rail of the guide plate. The coupling disc can be pre-produced in the form of an individual element with the aid of plug pins and positioned on the guide plate in the mounting position in such a way that it is movable across the opening of the guide rail and afterwards fixable in a desired position with a bayonet movement of the second guiding element.
Abstract:
A slide member for use in an automotive vehicle. The slide apparatus includes a first slide member having a slidably contacting surface. Additionally, a second slide member is provided having a slidably contacting surface which is in slidable contact with the slidably contacting surface of the first slide member. In this slide apparatus, at least one of the slidably contacting surfaces of the first and second slide members is formed of a transferable water repellent material having a water repellency and a sufficient transferability to form a transferred film of the transferable water repellent material on at least the other slidably contacting surface.
Abstract:
A window lifter includes a rope or a Bowden cable and is used in motor vehicles. The window lifter also includes guide rails that are integrated into the base surface of a carrier plate of a motor vehicle door. The window lifter also includes carriers that can be displaced along the guide rails and receive a window pane as well as reversing devices that are arranged at the ends of the guide rails. The rope engages with the carriers and a drive device and is guided via the reversing devices. The guide rails protrude from the base surface of the carrier plate, have a slot that extends in the longitudinal direction and are covered on the open base side of the carrier plate in a dampproof manner. The carriers can be at least partially situated on the external and internal side of the guide rails and pass through the respective slot to engage with the rails.
Abstract:
A slider (10) is provided for use with an elongated channel (12) having a pair of spaced apart side walls (14, 16) interconnected by a base wall (18) and an upper wall (20, 22) projecting from each side wall spaced from and generally parallel to the base wall. The slider has a body portion (30) defined by a top surface (32), bottom surface (34) and plurality of side surfaces (36) interconnecting the top and bottom surfaces. The slider also has a plurality of axial slots (42) extending between the top and bottom surfaces adjacent each side surface and a plurality of lateral slots (52) extending between each of the side surfaces and the respective axial slot (42) for allowing the side surface to flex and bias the slider between the side walls of the channel (12). The slider (10) further has a plurality of raised ridges (44) projecting from each of the top and bottom surfaces for flexing and biasing the slider between the upper walls and the base wall of the channel. Finally, the slider includes a plurality of semi-spherical embosses (48) extending from the top and bottom surfaces for slidably engaging and guiding the slider between the upper walls and the base wall within the channel (12).
Abstract:
A slidable contoured side door of an automotive vehicle equipped with a guidance structure that permits full travel of the door without adversely affecting door stability. The guidance structure may include a carriage movable along a relatively short track at the door lower edge and a stabilizer arm having limited sliding motion relative to the door. The relative sliding motion enables the contoured door to be out of registry with the door opening when the door is in the fully open position. This enables the door opening to be unobstructed so that passengers or cargo can more easily pass through the door opening.
Abstract:
A window regulator mechanism comprises an elongated guide rail member mounted within a vehicle door. A window moving structure engages the window panel and is slidably mounted on the guide rail member to allow the window panel to be moved generally vertically with respect to the vehicle door. An actuating mechanism slidably moves the window moving structure along the guide rail member. An elongated, flexible counterbalancing member applies a counterbalancing force to the window panel that opposes a force of gravity acting on the window panel. The counterbalancing member has a first end attached within the door, a second end attached to the window moving structure, and an intermediate portion extending over a guiding portion disposed above an uppermost position of the window moving structure. The counterbalancing member is formed from an elastomeric material and is elastically deformed to an initial deformed state when the window moving structure is in its uppermost position, and elastically deforms beyond its initial deformed state as the window panel moves downwardly with respect to the vehicle door to thereby oppose the force of gravity acting on the window panel and provide a controlled, downward movement of the window panel. The counterbalancing member resiliently applies the counterbalancing force to oppose the force of gravity acting on the window panel as the window panel moves upwardly to thereby facilitate upward movement of the window panel.
Abstract:
In a pane guiding system for an automobile sliding window, a central guide rail, to be fixed to the bodywork, is provided, on flanges of which a support plate, connected both to the window pane and also to the force-transmitting element of a window winder, is slidably guided by slide elements fixed on the support plate. For compensating the movement clearance resulting from wear on the slide tracks, the flanges of the guide rail are of resilient construction, so that they bear virtually without play against the associated guide surfaces of the slide elements even after fairly long periods in operation.
Abstract:
In a vehicle door having a retractable window pane, there is provided an improved window regulator for moving the window pane between its full-open position and its full-closed position. The window regulator comprises an elongate plate secured to the door, the plate being formed with at least one guide rail which extends obliquely, at least one slider slidably engaged with the guide rail, a carrier secured to the window pane and mounting thereon the slider, so that the movement of the slider along the guide rail induces the movement of the window pane, guide means permitting the window pane to pivot during the movement of the same, a flexible wire connected at a portion thereof to the carrier, so that the movement of the wire induces the movement of the carrier and thus the window pane, and a drive unit mounted to the door for driving the wire.