Patent ID: 7076918
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: B60J,E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A window regulator installed in a door having a window pane, comprising: a front guide rail installed in a front portion of the door and extending upward and downward; a rear guide rail installed in a rear portion of the door and extending upward and downward; a front carrier unit fixed to a lower front portion of the window pane, the front carrier unit being slidably engaged with the front guide rail through a first mechanism, the first mechanism permitting a pivotal movement of the front carrier unit about an imaginary axis that extends along the front guide rail; and a rear carrier unit fixed to a lower rear portion of the window pane, the rear carrier unit being slidably engaged with the rear guide rail through a second mechanism, wherein the second mechanism comprises upper and lower sliders that form part of the rear carrier unit and are slidably received in a channel construction defined by the rear guide rail, the channel construction having a generally C-shaped cross section with its open side facing toward an exterior side of the door, when the door is mounted on a vehicle, wherein the front guide rail comprises an elongate guide plate portion extending upwards and downwards along a longitudinal axis of the front guide rail, the elongate guide plate portion having a generally L-shaped cross section; and wherein said first mechanism comprises a slider on the front carrier unit, the slider of the front carrier unit having a guide slit of generally L-shaped cross section into which the elongate guide plate portion of the front guide rail is slidably inserted, the slider of the front carrier unit has a projection that slidably contacts an angled outer surface of the elongate guide plate portion of the front guide rail, wherein the rear carrier unit further comprises upper and lower mounting portions, the two mounting portions being connected to the lower rear portion of the window pane, wherein the upper mounting portion of the rear carrier unit is substantially level with the upper slider of the rear carrier unit and in which the lower mounting portion of the rear carrier unit is substantially level with the lower slider of the rear carrier unit, and the lower slider comprises projections that resiliently abut against one surface of the window pane.