Abstract: Top side view windows are canted between a vehicle cabin roof and sides along a length of the vehicle, truncating a corner between the roof and sides. The top side view windows may open outwardly from an interior of the cabin, and may open outwardly and upwardly similar to a safari windshield. Hinges and a latch allow movement of the top side view windows, with the latch securing the respective window in an open or closed position. The latch may include a strap with a flexible end wrapping around interior trim, optionally with a magnet at the tip to hold the flexible end in position when wrapped. A rigid portion of the strap holds the window when in the open position, and may include openings receiving protrusions from the interior trim or teeth engaging with a tip of a rachet cam.

Abstract: A lifter plate assembly for a window of a motor vehicle has a plastic main body. The main body includes a pair of rail guide hooks formed therein. The rail guide hooks are laterally spaced from one another and configured for sliding receipt of window regulator rails therein. A window clamp plate formed of the main body plastic extends in spaced relation from the main body to provide a receptacle configured for receipt of an edge of the window. A fastener assembly includes an elongate threaded member and a nut. The elongate threaded member extends through an opening in the main body and through an opening in the window clamp plate. At least one of the elongate threaded member and the nut is rotatable relative to the other to draw the window clamp plate and the main body toward one another to clamp against the edge of the window.

Abstract: A gear reducer has a helical gear, an eccentric shaft that is joined to the helical gear and has a first supporting portion that is offset in a rotation radial direction with respect to a rotation shaft of the helical gear, and a slider plate that is disposed at a radial direction outer side of the eccentric shaft. Further, the gear reducer has a transmitting gear that is supported at a first supporting portion, and whose rotation around its own axis is restricted due to the transmitting gear being engaged with the slider plate, and that revolves due to the helical gear rotating together with the eccentric shaft, and has an output gear body that rotates due to the transmitting gear revolving. The transmitting gear has a pair of restricting projections that project-out toward the slider plate side, and the slider plate is disposed between the pair of restricting projections.

Abstract: Provided is a push-out mechanism for a wind deflector, including: a mounting housing; a rack slidably provided on the mounting housing, the rack is used to hinge with a wind deflector; a gear rotatably provided on the mounting housing and used to connect with an output shaft of a motor, the gear is engaged with the rack; an intermittent movement mechanism rotatably provided on the mounting housing, the intermittent movement mechanism including a first driving medium rotating coaxially with the gear, and a second driving medium drivingly connected with the first driving medium; and a connecting rod, one end of the connecting rod is hinged to the second driving medium and the other end is used to hinge with the wind deflector. Also provided is an air conditioner. The mechanism reduces usage of a motor and saves costs.

Abstract: The invention discloses a movement mechanism for a panel mechanism of a household appliance wherein, the movement mechanism includes: a rotary disc (21), rotatably provided, a first support (22) is fixedly provided on the rotary disc (21), and a free end of the first support (22) having a first connection portion; and a second support (23), the second support (23) and the rotary disc (21) being hinged to a second connection portion, a first end of the second support (23) having a third connection portion, and the third connection portion being movable along a predetermined track when the rotary disc (21) rotates.

Abstract: A power door opening device comprises a casing; a motor mounted to the casing; a planetary gear unit housed in the casing to reduce rotation speed of the motor; and an output mechanism that transmits reduced rotation from the planetary gear unit to a door to open and close the door. The planetary gear unit comprises a sun gear that rotates with a rotary shaft of the motor; a planetary carrier fixed in the casing; a planetary gear that is rotatably supported to the planetary carrier and meshes with the sun gear; and a ring gear that is rotatably supported in the casing and meshes with the planetary gear. Both ends of the sun gear are supported.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary drive (100) comprising: an output shaft (330); a motor (20), acting on the output shaft (330) via a downstream gear mechanism (30); an energy-store module with a linear line of action and with transmission elements (32, 326) to apply pressure circumferentially to an eccentric cam disk (331) arranged on the output shaft (330) for conjoint rotation therewith; and an intermediate shaft (320), being offset in relation said line of action and being provided between the motor (20) and the output shaft (330). The transmission elements (32, 326) comprise a roller lever (32), having a cam-follower roller (326) spaced apart from the intermediate shaft (320), wherein the cam-follower roller (326), pressed circumferentially against the eccentric cam disk (331), interacts with the output shaft (330). The energy-store module is arranged on the motor side in relation to the intermediate shaft (320).

Abstract: A power door actuation system for moving a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body between an open position and a closed position includes a motor assembly connectable to one of the vehicle door and the vehicle body that is configured to generate a rotational force. A drive shaft is interconnected to the motor assembly and extends from a first end disposed adjacent the motor assembly to a second end. The second end of the drive shaft is rigidly attached to one of a body strap or a door strap of a hinge for transferring the rotational force from the motor assembly to the respective rigidly attached strap to rotate the respective rigidly attached strap relative to the other of the door strap and the body strap for automatically moving the vehicle door between the open and closed positions.

Abstract: A powered garage door opener is provided for operating a garage door between an open and closed position. The powered garage door opener comprises a main housing mounted adjacent the garage door. An electric motor and gear train assembly is mounted within the main housing and coupled to the garage door to drive the garage door between the open and closed positions. A power supply is mounted within the main housing and electrically connected to the electric motor and gear train assembly. A control module is mounted within the main housing and electrically connected to the power supply and the electric motor and gear train assembly for controlling selective actuation of the electric motor and gear train assembly.

Abstract: A power door opening/closing apparatus includes: a first unit including the motor, a first unit case including the motor, a first transmission mechanism received in the first unit case, and a rotation sensor which is received within the first unit case, and which is one of electrical components; and a second unit which includes a second unit case connected to the first unit case by a fixing member, a second transmission mechanism rotatably received within the second unit case, and connected to the first transmission mechanism, and an output shaft connected to an output side of the second transmission mechanism, and arranged to transmit a rotation of the second transmission mechanism to the door, and which does not include an electrical component.

Abstract: A door control system for a farm implement with a storage bin having a discharge opening and a door movable by a drive mechanism between open and closed positions relative to the discharge opening includes a dual position door control system. The system includes at least two controllers at spaced positions relative to the door and coupled to a drive mechanism for opening and closing the door.

Abstract: A key lockable window operator, including a crank handle that is shiftable between a folded storage position and an unfolded operating position and a lock cylinder operably engaged to a rack and a sliding pin. The rack and the sliding pin are shiftable between an unlocked position and a locked position. When in the locked position, at least a portion of the sliding pin is engaged into a cavity in the crank handle whereby the crank handle is secured in the folded storage position.

Abstract: A window regulator including a drive gear connected to a drive motor, an elongate push-pull member which is open ended and flexible, meshes with the drive gear, and can be pushed and pulled by bidirectional rotations of the drive gear, a carrier which is connected with one end of the elongate push-pull member and is also connected with window glass, and a guide rail which guides the elongate push-pull member and the carrier in a drive path. The window regulator further includes a frame in which a means for fixing and supporting the drive motor, a means for fixing and supporting the guide rail, a means for holding an orbit of the elongate push-pull member in an idle path, and a means for mounting on an object are integrally formed.

Abstract: A sliding door includes a door body, a slider member, a rail, a rotating unit, a sliding unit, and a driving unit. The door body opens or closes an opening part of a vehicle body. The slider member is fixed to an inner side of the vehicle body adjacent to the opening part. The rail is slidably disposed on the slider member. The rotating unit has one side rotatably connected to the rail and the other side rotatably connected to a door to rotate the door body with respect to the rail. The sliding unit slides the rail with respect to the slider member. The driving unit is disposed at the rail and drives the sliding unit and the rotating unit.

Abstract: A window opening device for use in an automobile door. The device including a motor having a drive gear comprised of a tooth region and a head region. The diameter of the head region is greater than the diameter of the tooth region. A sector gear engages the tooth region and the head region overlaps the sector gear. A first lever arm has a drive end engaging the sector gear and a window end engaging a window. The motor is secured to a body plate configured for mounting to a door. The body plate includes an opening through which the drive gear passes to facilitate engagement with the sector gear.

Abstract: A door closer system is provided that includes a motor, a spring, a reduction gear set, and a rack and a pinion mechanism. The spring and pinion may be coupled to the rack, and the pinion may be selectively coupled to the gear set. The motor may be selectively mechanically coupled to the gear set. The pinion may rotate in a first direction via the rack as the spring is compressed in a second direction opposite the first direction as the spring is expanded. The motor is operable to rotate and act upon the pinion through the gear set, thereby rotating the pinion in the second direction and assist the spring in closing the door.

Abstract: A window regulator includes: a drive gear attached to a drive motor; an open-ended pliable elongate push-pull member that meshes with the drive gear and is push-pulled by the two-way rotation of the drive gear; and a career connected to one end of the elongate push-pull member as well as a window glass, wherein, as viewed from a direction substantially perpendicular to the plate surface of the window glass, a drive route of the elongate push-pull member from an meshing portion between the drive gear and the elongate push-pull member to a mounting portion of the career is formed in a straight line, while at least a part of an idle route from the meshing portion to the other end of the elongate member is formed in a curved shape.

Abstract: A sliding door may include a rail slidably supported by a rail anchor, a body part fixed to the rail, a main arm hinge-connected with the body part, a driving bar hinge-connected with the body part, a first link hinge-connected with the main arm and the driving bar, a second link hinge-connected with the main arm and a first slot of the driving bar, a door part hinge-connected with the main arm and having a second slot hinge-connected with the second link through the first slot, a gear part of the main bar, a first drum engaged to the gear part, a first cable connected with the first drum and the rail anchor, a second drum rotatably mounted at the rail, a second cable wound around the second drum and connected with the first drum, and a third cable connected with the second drum and the rail anchor.

Abstract: A speed reducer (32) including a gear case (33) is attached in an electric motor, and a pinion is provided to an output shaft (35) protruding from the gear case (33). A base portion (33a) protruding in a diametrical direction is provided to the gear case (33) and a support shaft is mounted to the base portion (33b). A sector gear (42) is fixed to a base end of a lift arm (24), and the sector gear (42) is swingably supported by the support shaft and meshed with the pinion. In addition, a groove portion (42c) in a circular arc shape is provided to the sector gear (42), and a gear cover (51) is fixed to the gear case (33) by a bolt (58) penetrating the groove portion (42c) and a bolt (54) disposed on an outer periphery side than the sector gear (42), and the gear cover (51) covers a mesh portion of the pinion and the sector gear (42) and presses the sector gear (42) toward the gear case (33).

Abstract: A coupled structure with high separation strength and a window regulator. A lift arm (5) is provided with a tapered through-hole (35) provided with a first inner wall portion (33) work-hardened due to plastic deformation and a swell portion (45) having an inner wall surface (41) continuing to an inner wall surface (31) of the tapered through-hole (35) and provided with a second inner wall portion (43) work-hardened due to plastic deformation. A driven gear (3) is provided with a protrusion (51) fit in from the tapered through-hole (35) to the swell portion (45), provided with an outer wall portion (53) work-hardened due to plastic deformation, and having an outer wall surface (55) in close contact with the inner wall surface (31) of the tapered through-hole (35) and at least a part of the inner wall surface (41) of the swell portion (45).

Abstract: An internally powered sliding panel has a power source and drive train contained internally within the stiles and rails of a frame. A driven wheel is rotatably mounted on the frame and connected to the power source via the drive train. The panel may further include a lift system including a second power source, a lift mechanism, and a lift drive which are contained internally within the stiles and rails of the frame. The power sources, drive train, lift mechanism, and lift drive may be contained completely inside the stiles and rails of the frame. The movement of the panel along a fixed path, and the raising and lowering of the panel, may be regulated by a control system. The control system includes a microcontroller and sensor used to determine the position of the panel.

Abstract: The invention concerns a window assembly in a vehicle having a window pane that is fixed in a window frame that is also used for movable windows, and a method for mounting the fixed window pane in the window assembly. The method may include: mounting a window mounting assembly to a vehicle structure adjacent to the window opening; sliding the window pane into run channels of the vehicle window frame; mounting a lower edge of the window pane onto a peripheral support surface of a window support cam of the window mounting assembly; rotating a cam lobe of the window support cam into contact with the lower edge of the window pane until the window pane slides upward into a fully closed position; and locking the window support cam, against rotation allowing the window pane to lower, as the window pane is lifted into the fully closed position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a slider for a window regulator, having a base element adapted to be connected to a window regulator rail, a holding element adapted to engage at a window pane, and an adjustment mechanism allowing to adjust the inclination of the holding element with respect to the base element, the adjustment mechanism having an adjustment screw which is arranged on the holding element, and a lever operable by the adjustment screw and effective between the base element and the holding element for adjusting the orientation of the holding element with respect to the base element. The invention further relates to a vehicle structure having a window regulator with a window regulator rail and a slider, the slider being mounted at the window regulator rail and a window pane being mounted at the holding element of the slider.

Abstract: In a method for operating an electromechanical adjusting device, having an actuating part driven by a controller controlled motor, and which can be adjusted according to a manual specification for a controller operating element between a first and a second end position, the controller detects the precise position of a blockage of an adjusting movement from fed sensor signals, wherein user action performed on the operating element adjusts the actuating part by a first movement directed toward the end position to a position at which mechanical blockage occurs in order to determine a reference position, and adjusts the actuating part by a second movement into the second end position to examine the validity of the previously determined reference position by a test program which decides whether an automatic operating mode, in which an actuating process runs automatically, is activated, or blocked, as a function of the test result.

Abstract: Children's ride-on vehicles having window mechanisms, and window mechanisms for such vehicles. In some embodiments, the window mechanism is a manual window mechanism, and in some embodiments the window mechanism is a powered, or motorized, window mechanism. The window mechanism includes a window drive assembly that selectively drives movement of a window member relative to the vehicle body. In some embodiments, the window drive assembly is a powered window drive assembly that includes a window motor assembly and a window linkage to couple the output of the window motor assembly to the window member. In some embodiments, the window drive assembly is a manual window drive assembly. In some embodiments, the window member includes a receiving region coupled to the window linkage. In some embodiments, the window mechanism includes a window support assembly that maintains the window member in a predetermined orientation relative to the vehicle body.

Abstract: A sensor assembly and method includes a window regular mechanism having a main lift arm supporting the pane and a drive mechanism. The main lift arm includes a sector gear plate that is drivingly rotated by the drive mechanism. A slot defined in the sector gear plate receives a guide of a sensor mechanism. The guide is moved along the slot as the sector gear plate is rotated such that the guide is moved into a first portion of the slot when the sector gear plate is driven in a first rotatable direction to move the window pane toward its closed position and moved into a second portion of the slot when the sector gear plate is driven in a second, opposite rotatable direction to move the window pane toward its open position.

Abstract: A sub-arm assembly of a window regulator may include a sub-arm which is pivotally coupled to a main arm of a window regulator in a letter X shape, wherein upper ends of the sub arm and the main arm are configured to support a lower end of glass and a lower end of the sub-arm is configured to be slidable on a base panel; a sliding bar pivotally coupled the lower end of the sub-arm; and a guide rail integrally formed with the base panel so as to extend from the base panel and having a space to slidably receive the sliding bar.

Abstract: A vertically operating door and its drive system can be configured to push a door panel along a track to various overhead storage configurations including vertical, horizontal, inclined and coiled. Semi-flexible drive strips extend continuously along lateral edges of the curtain. The system includes a drive gear that engages a series of projections on at least one drive strip so that the gear can push the door between its open and closed positions. To protect the door from being damaged by collisions, the track can include a breakaway feature that allows at least a portion of the panel with its drive strip to separate from the track without permanent distortion. The drive strip and panel remain together as they break away from the track. The threshold of the breakaway force can be changed by selecting a retention strip from a plurality of interchangeable strips having different degrees of flexibility.

Abstract: An electric power-feeding structure for feeding electric power to a moving body which is driven to be raised or lowered, includes: an arm having a distal end connected to the moving body movably in a horizontal direction and a proximal end rotatably driven to swing, to thereby drive the raising or lowering of the moving body. An electrical wire is routed alongside the arm, and one end of the electrical wire extending from the distal end is connected to the moving body. In a vicinity of a rotating shaft of the arm, the electrical wire is fixed to the arm at a first fixing point and to a base for supporting the arm at a second fixing point. The first fixing point is provided on a straight line defined by the rotating shaft and the second fixing point when the arm is at an intermediate position of its swinging range.

Abstract: A window regulator includes a carrier member to which a window panel is attached, a pair of sliding elements provided on the carrier member, and a positioning unit which relatively positions the pair of sliding elements in a state where the pair of sliding elements press the guide rail and the pair of sliding elements sandwich the guide rail.

Abstract: An opening and closing device for lift-up sliding doors and windows is disclosed. The opening and closing device includes a roller unit (10), which removably contacts a rail (203b) of a support frame (203), a pane frame support unit (20), which is provided in a pane frame (205) and moves away from and approaches the roller unit, a handle (5), which is rotatably provided on a leading end of the pane frame, and a lift operating unit (7), which moves the pane frame support unit with respect to the roller unit. The lift operating unit (7) includes a lift operating bar (40), which is movably provided in the leading end of the pane frame and is coupled to the roller unit, and a lift operating gear unit (60). The lift operating gear unit has a drive gear (61), which is coupled to the handle, a driven gear (65), which increases the rotating force of the drive gear, and a rack gear (67), which engages with the driven gear.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a door module capable of raising and lowering a window glass with few components in number. The door module has a window motor, a power transmission arm, a guide rail, and a carrier. The power transmission arm is operably coupled to the window motor. The carrier is supported by the guide rail so as to be movable along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. The carrier has a receiving rail engaged with an engaging projection of the power transmission arm so that the carrier is moved along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail in accordance with the rotation of the power transmission arm. The carrier also has protrusions engaged with the guide rail so as to restrain the carrier from moving relative to the guide rail along a direction that intersects the longitudinal direction of the guide rail.

Abstract: A link mechanism for supporting a window glass and for moving up and down the window glass is disposed on the inner panel at the outside of a compartment and a drive shaft rotated by a driving device for driving the link mechanism is rotatably supported on the inner panel. A cam member is fixed to an end portion of the inside of the compartment and a cam follower contacting with a cam portion of the cam member is movably supported on the inner panel. One end of the cam follower is connected to a stopper disposed on the inner panel by a cable. When the window glass is moved down with respect to a predetermined position, the stopper is projected and contacts with a stopping member provided on a body.

Abstract: A drive device for moving the sliding roof of a motor vehicle is provided which includes an electric motor including an armature, a pole shaft and a brush system, gearing driven by the electric motor, and a circuit arrangement for triggering the electric motor. The electric motor is accommodated in a motor housing while the gearing and at least parts of the circuit arrangement are accommodated in a gear housing connected to the motor housing. The brush system is accommodated directly in the gear housing independently of the circuit arrangement and without the interposition of additional support elements.

Abstract: A window regulator for operating a window pane includes an attachment channel configured for attachment to the window pane, a regulator base plate, a pair of sector gears, and a drive motor. Each sector gear includes a plurality of external gear teeth, and a lift arm slidingly coupled to the attachment channel. The sector gears are rotatably coupled to the base plate and are disposed such that the gear teeth of one of the sector gears directly engage the gear teeth of the other sector gears. The drive motor is in direct engagement with one of the sector gears. Consequently, rotation of the drive pinion of the drive motor causes the sector gears to rotate in opposing directions and the lift arms to either raise or lower the window pane.

Abstract: A window regulator comprises a flange member formed on a main arm so as to surround a hole penetrating the main arm and project from one side of the main arm, and a shaft section formed on a first sub-arm so as to project toward a second sub-arm, being in a sliding contact with an inner surface of the flange member corresponding to the hole, and secured to the second-sub arm. In this configuration, a distal edge portion of the flange member is formed with a curved surface toward the first sub-arm, thereby reducing a frictional resistance between the main arm and the first sub-arm. Thus, the window regulator can avoid an unusual noise caused during the respective rotations between the main arm and the first sub-arm, and ensures the rigidity of the first sub-arm.

Abstract: A window lifting and lowering apparatus that includes an arm pivotally moved to lift and lower a window of a vehicle. A cycloidal speed reducing mechanism is used for transmitting a rotational force of a drive shaft to the arm at a reduced speed. The cycloidal speed reducing mechanism includes a ring gear disposed in a fixed state, a planetary gear eccentrically rotated in a state of being brought into mesh with the ring gear by the rotational force of the drive shaft, a rotating disk for transmitting rotation of the planetary gear to the arm, and a stopper gear fixed to the ring gear for restricting a pivotal movement position of the planetary gear. In accordance with the eccentric pivotal movement of the planetary gear, a stopper pin provided on the planetary gear is made to impinge with a stopper projection provided on the stopper gear.

Abstract: A window lifting and lowering apparatus that includes an arm pivotally moved to lift and lower a window of a vehicle. A cycloidal speed reducing mechanism is used for transmitting a rotational force of a drive shaft to the arm at a reduced speed. The cycloidal speed reducing mechanism includes a ring gear disposed in a fixed state, a planetary gear eccentrically rotated in a state of being brought into mesh with the ring gear by the rotational force of the drive shaft, a rotating disk for transmitting rotation of the planetary gear to the arm, and a stopper gear fixed to the ring gear for restricting a pivotal movement position of the planetary gear. In accordance with the eccentric pivotal movement of the planetary gear, a stopper pin provided on the planetary gear is made to impinge with a stopper projection provided on the stopper gear.

Abstract: A power window apparatus is provided for detecting pinching in accordance with the opened/closed position of the window and a state of rotation of a motor, the apparatus having a position sensor which detects a safety-control suspension region of the window and which is an accurate sensor. A spiral guide groove is formed in the inner surface of a housing opposite to a rotational plate which is rotated by an output shaft of a motor which opens/closes a window. A follower which is guided by the spiral guide groove is able to move along a straight guide groove provided for the rotational plate in the radial direction. Terminals in the form of conductive films are provided for a printed circuit board accommodated in the housing. When the rotational plate has been rotated, the follower is guided by the spiral guide groove so as to be moved in the straight guide groove. Thus, a slide member provided for the follower is brought into contact with the terminals so that the terminals are conducted with each other.

Abstract: There is disclosed a guide slider for a window regulator that does not cause to rise an allophone, a awkward movement and a jolt to a rail in which said guide slider is made a slidable movement, wherein said guide slider comprises a substantially lod blank having a substantially spherical head at one tip end thereof and a main body of guide made of thermoplastic resin, wherein further the main body of guide has a receiving and bearing seat in which the head of the blank can be received in such a manner that the axis of the blank becomes coaxial to that of the main body of guide, and the receiving and bearing surface of the main body of guide closely contacts with the surface of the head but the slidably rotational movement of the head in the receiving and bearing seat is permitted.

Abstract: A vehicle window opening/closing device is shown for opening and closing a window glass by link action executed by a sector gear that is reciprocally swung by rotation of a pinion gear. A lift arm and a coupling link are also provided. When the window glass is in its fully-closed-state, the journaling point at which the coupling link is supported by the sector gear is set to cross a fulcrum position defined by the positional relationship between the sector gear and the coupling link. A regulation portion composed of a regulating piece and a regulated piece is provided between the sector gear and the coupling link to thereby regulate movement of the coupling link in a beyond-fulcrum-position direction across the fully-closed-state. With this arrangement, the size of the device is not increased when a mechanism for locking the window glass when it is fully closed is attained.

Abstract: A window regulator for a vehicle has a lift arm pivotally mounted on a door panel of a vehicle. A gear plate including teeth on the periphery thereof is connected to one end of the lift arm. A driving device engages with the teeth and moves the gear plate. A movable rail is connected to a window glass, the movable rail engaging with the other end of the lift arm. Holes are disposed in one end of the lift arm and convex portions are disposed in said gear plate, the convex portions being inserted into said holes and pressed into a flat shape.

Abstract: A rotationally biasing window regulator for controlling the motion of a windowpane, such as a windowpane in a motor vehicle door or door module, comprises a motor or hand crank to produce a force to move the windowpane, drive arm and a sector gear to transmit the force, an attachment assembly attached to the windowpane and a slider assembly slidingly attached to the attachment assembly and mounted over the drive arm, and a counterbalance spring positioned between the attachment assembly and the drive arm placing rotational force on the slider assembly, which directly biases the attachment assembly to force the windowpane in a lateral direction towards a glass run channel. The slider assembly can slide in a stamped metal bracket or in a C-channel. A clip connecting the attachment assembly to the drive arm may be used to releasably secure the regulator in a said position.

Abstract: A cross-arm window regulator for moving a window between raised, intermediate and lowered positions in a vehicle door, includes a resilient stop cushion housed in the lift channel mounted on the glass. Sliders mounted on the ends of the lift and cross arms engage the ends of the cushion as the window nears raised position, gradually compressing it to cushion window movement to raised position. If the geometry is the same for raised and lowered positions, the same cushioning will also occur in the window lowered position. The spring rate increases as compression occurs. The cushion can be a foam butyl rubber strip or a metal spring of various types. The spring rate can be tailored by making the cushion a dual density foam strip, a foam strip with holes of varying sizes to provide a variable cross-section, or a coated foam strip. An integral stop can be included in the form of a hard plastic shell for the foam strip or spring.

Abstract: An electric motor driven vehicle window assembly wherein an electric motor is mounted in an aperture formed in a portion of a transparent window pane. The electric motor operates in conjunction with a simple transmission element such as a threaded rod or a toothed rack and when energized, causes the window to be raised or lowered. The invention provides a motor driven window which is more compact than conventional motor driven vehicle windows.

Abstract: The window glass for a vehicle door is mounted at its lower edge in an elongated sash. The glass is raised and lowered by a regulator attached to the sash. A pair of guides (pulleys or slides) are fixed to each end of the sash and a cable, anchored to the door at points at the top and bottom of sash movement, extends parallel to the direction of window movement from the anchors to the sash and around the guides such that any up or down movement of either end of the sash is transferred to the other end so that both ends move together, thereby preventing tilting of the glass.

Abstract: A window regulator having a first guide, defining the route of a sliding window, is engaged in sliding manner by a first slide connected to the window and moved along the first guide by an actuating device having an actuating arm turning about a first axis lying substantially crosswise in relation to the first guide. A portion of the actuating arm defines a second guide extending along a second axis lying substantially crosswise in relation to the first axis and the first guide; and a second slide, supported on the first slide, is connected in sliding manner to the second guide.

Abstract: An automobile window lift mechanism having a lift arm assembly for raising and lowering a window along a travel path between an open and closed position, a pinion gear for supplying rotative force from a motor or manual handle for actuating the lift arm assembly, and a gear train interconnecting the pinion gear and the lift arm assembly to provide a substantially instantaneous increase in mechanical advantage and window closing force as the window engages an upper seal in the closed position. The gear train includes a gear reduction configuration and/or an increased lever effort arm to increase the mechanical advantage only during the closing movement of the window as it engages the upper seal.

Abstract: An arrangement for mounting a window glass sheet to a liftplate movable within a vehicle door. A plastic spacer bushing, having a through bore formed with an internal left-hand thread, is sandwiched between the glass sheet and the liftplate. A retainer assembly includes a plastic capped retainer, having an external left-hand threaded stem portion, and a metal T-nut. The T-nut head portion is concentrically anchored to the retainer cap portion with the T-nut tubular portion, having a right-hand internally threaded bore, telescopically received within the stem portion bore. The retainer stem portion is inserted through a hole in the glass sheet and is formed with its left-hand external thread engaging the bushing bore internal left-hand thread. The liftplate is secured to the glass sheet by a bolt having a right-hand threaded stem passed through a liftplate aperture for engagement with the T-nut internally threaded tubular portion.

Abstract: The window regulator for lifting or pulling down a window glass of an automobile is of the arm type. The arm of the window regulator is connected to the window glass through a hinge mounted on a rotation axis extending in the widthwise (front/rear) direction of the window glass. This arrangement allows the arm of the window regulator to rotatably move on the rotation axis of the hinge in relation to the window glass, thereby leading to the smooth upward or downward movement of the window glass.