Abstract:
A vehicle window regulator includes a slider base supported on a guide rail; a drive wire connected to the slider base; a wire guide supported at one end of the guide rail and having a winding part, onto which the drive wire is wound, at a position offset from the guide rail in a vehicle width direction; and a driver which raises and lowers the slider base via the drive wire. The wire guide is supported by the guide rail by a retainer and a pressing portion, the retainer engaged with the guide rail, and the pressing portion being engaged with the guide rail to press the guide rail toward the other end of the guide rail. The pressing portion is formed at a position toward the other end and formed at a position offset from the retainer toward the winding part.
Abstract:
In a window regulator which moves a slider base, slidable along a guide rail, via a pair of wires, the slider base includes: a guide portion which is fitted to the guide rail to be movable in the longitudinal direction thereof; first and second wire engaging portions with which ends of the wires are engaged, respectively; and first and second force application portions which receive a force in a moving direction of the slider base from the wires, and the guide portion is positioned in at least one of the areas between the first force application portion and the first wire engaging portion and between the second force application portion and the second wire engaging portion in the widthwise direction of the guide rail. This makes it possible to obtain a window regulator which is superior in smoothness of operation and operating efficiency of the slider base.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a pulley apparatus which can be suppressed in shakiness without being deteriorated in workability in fitting the pulley apparatus to a vehicle body. The pulley apparatus has: a pulley case CA disposed on one side of a vehicle body panel 11a making up the vehicle; a pulley 80 disposed rotatable in the pulley case CA; and a cable guide disposed in the pulley case CA, wherein the cable guide comes in slide contact with a cable 18 led from the same side as the guide rail 11a in the vehicle body panel 11a, and curves the cable 18 along vehicle body panel 11a to direct the cable 18 to the pulley 80. As a result, when a load "F" is applied to the cable 18, the case body 40 can be pressed against the vehicle body panel 11a, thereby suppressing the shakiness of the pulley case CA. Furthermore, since the load presses the pulley case CA against the vehicle body panel 11a, without providing the pulley case (fitting portion), it is possible to prevent an increase in size of the pulley case CA and deterioration of workability in fitting the pulley case CA to the vehicle body.
Abstract:
A cable-deflecting piece (3), which is fastened on a rail head or rail foot (18) of a guide rail (1) and is intended for a cable-operated window lifter, contains a basic body (30) which, during mounting, and following fastening, of the cable-deflecting piece (3), butts against the guide rail (1) on one side of the rail head or rail foot (18), also contains a rotary and bearing pin (4) which projects from the basic body (30), can be inserted, in a position in which it is tilted in relation to the longitudinal extent of the guide rail (1), into a rotary and bearing opening (23) of the rail head or rail foot (18) and can be pivoted about the cable-deflecting piece (3), further contains a rotation-prevention means (5, 6; 21, 16) which, in a final mounting position, once the cable-deflecting piece (3) has been pivoted about the mounting axis of rotation, secures the connection of the cable-deflecting piece (3) to the rail head or rail foot (18) such that the cable-deflecting piece (3) cannot rotate, and additionally contains a device (7, 8) which is formed on the basic body (30) and is intended for securing the abutment of the basic body (30) against the rail head or rail foot (18) perpendicularly to the longitudinal extent of the guide rail (1).
Abstract:
An aperture closure arrangement (10a) has an aperture closure (12a) formed from a plurality of panels (39) hinged together at generally horizontal axes. Each (panel 39) has a runner (16a) fixed near its upper edge and constrained to run in a (track 31). The track (31a, 31 b, 31c) defines the path of the runners (16a), as the aperture closure (12a) opens and closes, and therefore defines the movement of the (panels 39). An elongate flexible member (22a) in the form of a cable or chain is connected to the aperture closure (12a) at an attachment point (24a). The elongate flexible member (22a) is also connected to a drive arrangement (not shown) operable to pull open the aperture closure (12a). Guide members (30, 32) define the path of the elongate flexible member (22a) between the attachment point 24a and the drive arrangement (not shown). At least one of the guide members (30) is a deflection member sufficiently close to the track (31c) to allow the attachment point (24a) to pass the deflection member (30) beyond the deflection member (30) when viewed from the said path, as the aperture closure (12a) closes and opens, thereby threading and unthreading the elongate flexible member (22a) from the deflection member (30).
Abstract:
A sliding door drive assembly is used with a motor vehicle having an electric energy source and a sliding door. The sliding door drive assembly includes a motor that is electrically connected to the electric energy source. The motor converts electric energy into a rotating force. The sliding door drive assembly also includes a transmission that is operatively connected to the motor for transmitting the rotating force to an output shaft. A cable drum is fixedly secured to the output shaft and rotates with the output shaft. First and second cables are wound about the cable drum in opposite directions. The first cable extends from the cable drum forward along a path to the sliding door. The second cable extends from the cable drum rearward along the path toward the sliding door. The sliding door drive assembly also includes support guides extending tangentially out from the cable drum to guide the first and second cables outwardly and away from the cable drum along a path minimizing frictional forces.
Abstract:
The window lifter consists of a rail made from a single piece by injecting a light metal alloy, a large part of the window lifter components being integrated in said single piece, i.e. the fixing supports (1) of the window lifter for fixing the latter to the door of the vehicle, the support (2) and the anchoring elements (6) for the actuation motor that is used in electric window lifter systems, the coupling elements (5) of the Bowden system for tensioning the cable (4), which are required in manual actuation systems, the housing (8) for the cable winding drum and the sliding or deflecting elements (3) of the cable (4). Furthermore, the rail comes out of the mold having an adequate curvature for ensuring correct guidance of the window even if the window has a complicated shape. This makes it possible to use the same rail in manual, electric or two-rail window lifters.
Abstract:
A device (1) for use with a cable-operated door (3), such as garage doors (3) and the like, and a door assembly including the same. The device (1) is intended to reduce the risk of the door (3) falling, or at the very least slow down its descent, in the event of a failure in the counterbalancing mechanism of the door (3), which is generally represented by a loss of tension in a given tensioned cable (5) operating the door (3). The brake device (1) includes a support bracket (9), and a guiding assembly (15) and a braking assembly (17) mounted onto the support bracket (9). The braking assembly includes a swivel component (18) having opposite braking arm (19) and lever portion (20), the lever portion cooperating with the tensioned cable (3) so that in the event of a loss of tension in the cable (5), the braking arm (19) is urged onto an adjacent rail (7) via biasing means (21) for anchoring a knife (45) of the braking arm (19) into the rail (7) and stopping, or at the very least, slowing down the descent of the door (3), with respect to the rail (7).