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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176679 | Gear mechanism part for a cable-controlled window lifter and drive unit for a cable-controlled window lifter A gear mechanism part for a cable-controlled window lifter is provided that includes a gear wheel and a cable drum that can be driven by the gear wheel. The gear wheel and cable drum are disposed on a common axis. The gear wheel and the cable drum are coupled by a p... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8127495 | Window lift system and method for fitting a window pane A window lift system, especially for the side window of a motor vehicle, includes (i) a pulling device and (ii) a catch for a window pane, which can be moved up and down using the pulling device. The catch has a first fastening point for an upward pulling end of the... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127496 | Wire type window regulator In a window regulator 10, when a pin bolt 42 provisionally attached to a pulley 22 and a pulley support 54 is fastened to a door panel 14 by a nut 52, the pulley 22 and the pulley support 54 are supported on th... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8099905 | Window regulator 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 ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8001726 | Fixing system A fixing system with a fixing device for fixing a window of a motor vehicle. The fixing system comprising a slider and a displacement-force-introducing element being fitted on the fixing device. In an operating position there being an operative connection between th... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7975434 | Locking lift plate A window regulator that resists backdrive forces directly at the lift plate and rail, rather than by the drive assembly. A locking shoe mounted within the lift plate and selectively frictionally engages the rail while the drive assembly is at rest. Thus, any backdri... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7958676 | Deflection device for an adjustment device of a motor vehicle A deflection device includes a support, at least one deflection element which is arranged on the support, a receptacle which is integrally formed on the support and protrudes from the support for the deflection element, an undercut which is formed on the receptacle ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7950185 | Window regulator and method of assembly of a window regulator A window regulator device includes a rail having at least one projecting lug, a plate having at least one lug, a drive cable, and a cable drum placed in a recess of the plate. The plate is fixed to the rail by a joint action of a tensioned drive cable and the mutual... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7905057 | Universal cable window regulator assembly for vehicles A cable window regulator (10) is provided which comprises a first pulley (42) rotatably mounted to a first pulley bracket (44) for rotation about a first pulley axis and a second pulley (52) rotatably mounted to a second pulley bracket ( | 03/15/2011 |
| 7882658 | Cable regulator rail and carrier with snap-in pulley Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed towards improved mounting structures and methods for formation of window regulator systems for vehicles. In one exemplary embodiment, a mounting structure for a window regulator system is provided. The moun... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877932 | Adjusting system for a motor vehicle door An adjusting system for a motor vehicle door includes a window winder for adjusting a window, at least one guide area of the window winder for guiding the window along a direction of adjustment, a door lock and a lock support. The one guide area of the window winder... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7823329 | Housing for receiving a cable drum A housing for receiving a cable drum of an adjustment device for a motor vehicle includes a bearing point for rotatably mounting a cable drum, at least one wall encompassing the cable drum along the peripheral surface thereof when the cable drum is mounted in the ho... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7797882 | Window positioning apparatus An apparatus for positioning a vehicle window. The apparatus includes a lift mechanism configured to move the window between a raised position and a lowered position. A strut may bias the window toward the raised position. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7770328 | Cable and window elevator system using such cable A cable (11) is provided comprising a steel cord (12) and a polymer material (15). The steel cord (12) has a diameter less than 2.5 mm, and is coated with the polymer material (15). The cable (11) has a permanent elongation ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7765739 | Elevating device for window glass The present invention employed an elevating device for a window glass provided in a door of a vehicle, including: a guiding device which is provided in the door; a career plate which engages with the guiding device and slidably moves in an elevating direction of the... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7743555 | Window regulator A window regulator, e.g., for a vehicle window, includes block and pulley arrangements each including a lift pulley mounted to a lift plate that slides along a rail. Operative movement of a crank assembly in a first sense tensions a cable to move the lift plate towa... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7726074 | Window-winding arrangement The present invention relates to a window-winding arrangement (1) as well as a motor vehicle door containing this window-winding arrangement. The window-winding arrangement contains a drive means (5) as well as a guide means for the drive and for guidi... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7690155 | Window regulator for vehicle A window regulator for a vehicle includes first, second, third, fourth belt guiding members, a loop belt member including a plurality of teeth at a first surface and installed on the belt guiding members with exhibiting an eight-shape, and a rotational member engage... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7631458 | Wire drum window regulator A guide rail assembly includes a guide rail, a slider that slides along the guide rail, a wire fixed to the slider, and upper and lower wire feeders located at the upper and lower ends of the guide rail. The guide rail assembly, a drum around which the wire is wound... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7627989 | Drive device for wire-type window regulator A drive device for a wire-type window regulator is disclosed wherein a drum is accommodated in a cover and, under such a status, rotating and operating a rotation operator, exposed to an operation bore portion, enables work to be done for winding a wire. With the ro... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7610720 | Railless window regulator A cable window regulator assembly is mounted to a carrier panel. At least four pulleys are spaced around the carrier panel, each rotating around an axis substantially perpendicular to the carrier panel. A lift plate assembly is displaced away from the carrier panel ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7596907 | Force transmission element, window lifter and motor vehicle door with a window lifter The invention relates to a force-transmission element for a window lifter (200; 300; 500) for transmitting a closing force (242; 342, 356) and an opening force (230; 330, 350) to a window (210; 310; 510), wherein the force-transmission el... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7591104 | Mounting structure of a power window apparatus A drive unit is arranged in a side of one side surface of a panel constituting a part of a door, and a drum case of a driven unit is fixed to a side of another side surface of the panel. The side of another side surface of the panel is provided with a plurality of e... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7540114 | Cable tensioner A cable tensioner includes two cams mounted to face each other that pivot about a common spindle. A torsion spring is centered on the spindle. The torsion spring includes a first end in abutment with a first cam and a second end in abutment with a second cam. The to... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7472515 | Cable tensioner A cable tensioner for a vehicle window regulator includes a screw and nut assembly with an irreversible thread lead angle, a first spring designed to actuate the screw and nut assembly when there is slack in a cable and a second spring designed to block the screw an... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7467494 | Vehicle window adjustment device A device for adjusting a window regulator in a vehicle door, having a profiled base element (110) positionable on a lower section of the vehicle door and provided with a first elongate hole (111b) in its lower ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7424788 | Universal cable window regulator assembly for vehicles A cable window regulator is provided which includes a carrier panel securable to a door. First and second pulleys are rotatably mounted to the carrier panel. A lift plate is securable to a window and the window is constrained to travel along a predefined path. The l... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7392618 | Door for vehicle having a door glass with projecting portions A door for a vehicle includes a run channel and a door glass slidable up and down along the run channel. A rear edge of the door glass, which is in sliding contact with a rear channel of the run channel, has respective projecting portions at upper and lower end port... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7363750 | Sliding vehicle door with a moveable window assembly A sliding door for vehicles including a space frame formed from a U-shaped extruded aluminum tube and a crossbeam to which inner and outer aluminum door panels are attached. Hardware for operation of the door is mounted on the exposed inside surface of the door. The... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354370 | Drive system for regulating devices in motor vehicles A drive system for regulating devices in motor vehicles comprising a housing containing a drive element of the regulating device, a disk armature motor provided with an armature disk, and a planet wheel transmission. The planet wheel transmission comprises an intern... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350334 | Window regulator assembly A window regulator assembly including a shaft having a pinion gear and a counter balance spring mounted on the shaft which winds or unwinds as the shaft rotates. A spring housing is mounted on the shaft. A cable-guiding drum having an inner gear is driven directly b... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347026 | Door module A door module, with a trim (9) on which practically all the component items are mounted or assembled, mechanical subassemblies of the lock and the window winder, wiring, etc. with a relative sliding movement between the mechanical subassemblies and the trim, ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347025 | Slide door opening and closing device for vehicles A slide door opening and closing device for vehicles including a wire winding pulley provided at a step panel positioned at under part of a vehicle and driven by a motor, a driven pulley, a lower roller supporting member, and a wire wound on said each pulley wherein... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341304 | Opening/closing device for vehicle An opening/closing body for opening/closing an opening provided in a vehicle body, a pair of guide members, and a reel drum attached onto a board of a drive unit provided between both of the guide members, are provided. Respective one ends of a pair of wires are con... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337581 | Guide assembly for sliding doors or pivotable sliding doors of vehicles and sliding door or pivotable sliding door Guide assembly for sliding doors or pivotable sliding doors for vehicles having at least one door displaceably supported at the vehicle by means of connecting members disposed vertically above each other. The guide assembly includes: upper guide means and lower guid... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334498 | Tension device for producing an initial tension on a wire cable An initial tension device has a wire cable for connecting a drive unit and a movable member, a tension case fixed to an immovable member, a regular retainer engageable with an outer cable of the wire cable, and a slot formed in the tension case to extend in the long... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325361 | Apparatus and method for providing a modular sliding door mechanism A modular drive assembly for a sliding door, comprising: a guide track having a hinge slidably received therein; a pair of pulleys disposed on either end of the guide track; a pair of cables each having an end that is secured to the hinge and the other end is secure... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325360 | Cable tensioner and window regulator equipped with a cable tensioner A cable tensioner includes two members, such as a pipe and a tube, that define a cable path. The members are helically mobile relative to each other. A retractable detent permits the relative movement of the members in one direction and prevents the relative movemen... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7305290 | Controlling device of a regulating device of a motor vehicle The present invention relates to a controlling device of a regulating device of a power window. The controlling device includes at least one computer unit to control an actuator of the regulating device. The computer unit is set up to stop or initiate the stop of an... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7276009 | Servo drive The invention relates to a servo drive comprising an electromechanical energy converter, which has a rotatably mounted disc rotor for generating a torque and a stepping up mechanism that is connected downstream of the disc rotor, for coupling the disc rotor to an ou... | 10/02/2007 |
