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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127497 | Apparatus and method for providing a sliding door mechanism A drive assembly for a sliding door is disclosed, the drive assembly having a power drive unit for providing a rotational force to rotate a cable drum of the drive assembly, the power drive unit being mounted within the sliding door; a cable having one end secured a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8109040 | Linear drive arrangement for a sliding door A linear drive arrangement for a sliding door includes a guide track, a stator arrangement which is fixed with respect to the guide track, a guide carriage to which a door leaf can be fixed for movement parallel to the guide track, and a plurality of permanent magne... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109041 | Powered device for vehicle sliding member A powered device for a vehicle sliding member includes a base member, a shaft rotatably supported on the base member, a drive source, a speed reduction mechanism, an output drum rotatably supported on the base member through the shaft, a clutch mechanism which inclu... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8082694 | Cable guide A cable guide which has a simple structure and can be easily assembled is adapted to change the direction of the inner cable which slide and drive the slide door of a vehicle, and includes a pulley case 11 whose upper surface is opened, a pulley 12 hou... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8024893 | Powered slider drive interface and drive assembly A vehicular, powered slider drive interface and drive assembly are provided. The interface has a driver bracket, which includes contact surfaces, mounted on a regulator, a driver receiver, which includes contact surfaces, mounted on a slider panel, and separate bump... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020346 | Magnetically supported sliding track system A sliding door or window supporting system has a stationary frame with a bottom track and a sliding portion that slides from a closed position to an open position. The bottom portion of the sliding portion and the upper surface of stationary frame track are provided... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8011136 | Power closure actuator A power closure actuator especially suitable for use in powering various automotive closure devices. The actuator includes a brushless pancake electric motor having an output shaft; a sun gear on the output shaft; a plurality of compound planet gears each having a l... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7941972 | Powered opening and closing system for vehicle's door A powered opening and closing system includes a door supported on a vehicle body, a motor, a drive mechanism for moving the door in opening and closing directions by virtue of power of the motor, an operation detecting sensor for detecting a handle operation when th... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7930855 | Automatic opening/closing apparatus for vehicle A cost-reduced, downsized automatic opening/closing apparatus for vehicle is achieved by reducing the number of components thereof. A case of a driving unit is provided with a drum housing portion, and a driving drum is rotatably accommodated in the drum housing por... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7861462 | Vehicle window regulator having a floating window carrier A window regulator including a drive rod having a linear axis; a runner connected to the drive rod for movement therealong; a window carrier pivotally secured to the runner for supporting a window; and a guide engaged by the window carrier having a radius of curvatu... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7854093 | Automatic opening/closing apparatus for vehicle An automatic opening/closing apparatus for vehicle, which is provided with a tensioner mechanism for applying a predetermined tension to a cable member, is downsized. A case of a driving unit is provided with a tensioner housing, and the tensioner mechanism for appl... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7823330 | Apparatus and method for drums in a sliding door mechanism A cable drum assembly for a power drive assembly for a vehicle sliding door, the cable drum assembly comprising: a first drum configured for use as a front drum or a rear drum of the cable drum assembly, the first drum having a first plurality of locating holes; and... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7805887 | Open/close member driving apparatus A clutch mechanism and a worm wheel are disposed in such a manner as to be aligned or superposed on each other via a base plate held therebetween. A circular swollen portion is formed on the base plate in such a manner as to project from one side to another side of ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7774985 | Drive apparatus for sliding member A driving apparatus for a sliding member includes a housing, a cable, a drum to move the cable to open and close the sliding member, a motor arranged to drive the drum, and a tensioner supported by the housing arranged to provide a tensioning force to the cable, the... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7765740 | Sliding door for a vehicle A sliding door for a vehicle comprises a guide rail, a sliding carriage which is longitudinally displaceably on the guide rail and a hinge bow which is rotatably supported at the sliding carriage and at a body flange. To improve such a sliding door, an intermediate ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7730669 | Device for guiding a conductor path for slide door Elongate bases (10) for guiding a movable end (37) of a conductor path (30). Cross sections taken through the bases substantially normal to the elongation directions of the bases are substantially identical to one another and substantially const... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7707775 | Power slide device for controlling sliding speed of vehicle sliding door Under a method to control a sliding speed in accordance with this invention, the motor is initially accelerated for a predetermined reference speed, and then during the initial acceleration period, if a rotational speed of the wire drum is of and above a given value... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7698855 | Sliding-door opening control apparatus A opening control apparatus for a sliding door of a vehicle, includes a driving source, a clutch arranged to connect the driving source and the sliding door in an engaged state and to disconnect the driving source and the sliding door in a disengaged state, and a co... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7690156 | Door opening/closing control device A control device controls opening/closing of a sliding door of a vehicle by a motor in cooperation with a drive device that opens and closes the sliding door, and applies proportional plus integral plus differential control to motor speed based on a driving pattern ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7669368 | Sliding door for motor vehicles and method for the assembly thereof Sliding door for motor vehicles, having an outer door skin, an inner door skin and a door inside trim, supported on a guide rail on a vehicle body and movable between opened and closed positions. The sliding door includes a cable guide assembly for accommodating and... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7644540 | Door opening/closing apparatus for operating multiple doors with one driving unit A door opening/closing apparatus is provided with a motor, a first clutch which transmits power from the motor to a door opening/closing mechanism of a slide door when current is applied to the motor while breaking transmission of power to the door opening/closing m... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7627990 | Wire winding apparatus A wire winding apparatus winds one side of wire and simultaneously releases other side of wire by driving a winding actuator. A drive gear is disposed to rotate in an arbitrary direction when the winding actuator is driven. A pair of wire drums is disposed on both s... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7603812 | Powered device for vehicle sliding door A powered sliding device includes a wire drum (16) connected to a vehicle sliding door (11) through wire cables (18, 19), a motor (14) for rotating the wire drum, a clutch mechanism (25) provided between the motor and the wire drum... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7584572 | Driving apparatus for vehicle door A housing, a sun gear rotatably supported in the housing, a ring gear rotatably supported coaxially with the sun gear, a planetary carrier rotatably supported coaxially with the sun gear, a plurality of planetary gears rotatably supported to the planetary carrier an... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7568310 | Opening/closing system for vehicle An opening/closing system for vehicle can improve detection accuracy of rotation of an output member and enhance reliability of its operation. The opening/closing system for vehicle includes a drive unit having an electric motor and a reduction gear unit. A drum, wh... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7464500 | Moving wiring system for vehicle A moving wiring system transmitting electrical power from a vehicle body of a vehicle to a sliding door includes a wire transmitting the electrical power, a wire housing attached to the sliding door with at least one portion of the wire located therein, and a wire g... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7434354 | Power device for opening and closing a vehicle sliding door A clutch mechanism of the power device includes a movable gear member which is rotated integrally with a wheel and engaged with a stationary gear member when moved in a first direction and disengaged from the stationary gear member when moved in a second direction o... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7422094 | Clutch mechanism for power device A clutch mechanism of the present power device comprises a fixed gear member, a moving gear member engaged with the fixed gear member when moving to a clutch connecting position, an armature for moving the moving gear member to the clutch connecting position when ro... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422268 | Sliding door arrangement for a motor vehicle Sliding door arrangement for a motor vehicle having a lock arrangement, for fixing a sliding door in opened and closed positions, with a catch lever arrangement with a pivoting catch lever that is movable into engaged and raised states and is pretensioned toward the... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7399023 | Guide roller of slide door for vehicle In order to provide a guide roller which can be readily mounted on a support member and readily adjusted in position without reducing strength of a support shaft, according to the invention, when inserting a screw part of the shaft through a long hole of the support... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7370546 | Windshield for motorcycles and drive means for a motor vehicle component A windshield for motorbikes which can be variably positioned at various angles of inclination on the motorbike by a holding device (6) and a drive device (8). The drive device (8) has a cable or a cable pull connection (22, 23, 24, 25) be... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370905 | Door-opening/closing apparatus The door-opening/closing apparatus includes a door, a driving unit that drives the door to close the door, a door movement detection unit that detects a movement of the door, an electrostatic switch that is mounted on the door for detecting a human's touching the do... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367159 | Dual overhead track for a sliding door A sliding door for selectively opening and closing an opening. The door comprises a first guide track defining a first linear guide path and a second guide track defining a second linear guide path. The second guide track is spaced from the first guide track. The do... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360337 | Door closing apparatus A door closing apparatus has a latch mechanism that holds a door in a half-closed state and a fully-closed state to a vehicle body. An actuator drives the door when the door is in the half-closed state, a sector gear rotates as the actuator is driven. A first close ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357435 | Power tailgate anti-theft system Disclosed herein an automotive vehicle anti-theft system for guarding against unauthorized opening of a door of the vehicle is provided, including means for selectively biasing the door of the vehicle toward a closed position, a sensor for detecting operation of the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354100 | Power slide device for vehicle sliding door This slide device comprises a first tension member connected to a distal end of an opening cable, a second tension member connected to a distal end of a closing cable, a lower roller bracket rotatable mounted on a sliding door, a first pin disposed at a front portio... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350335 | Vehicle slide door apparatus A slide door is stably supported at the rearmost position in a movable range thereof. A slide door apparatus of the invention includes a slide door which opens and closes an opening by moving in the front-and-rear direction, an upper rail extending along an upper si... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7342374 | Automatic gate operator A barrier movement operator is having a position sensor in a telescoping barrier control arm is described. A controller, remote from the arm, senses the barrier position to identify limits of barrier travel and to control rate of travel of the barrier between limits... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
