Patent ID: 9163448
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A window regulator comprising: a carrier plate connected to a window glass of a vehicle, a guide rail for guiding raising and lowering the carrier plate, a direction changing member provided at one end of the guide rail, a drive unit provided at another end of the guide rail, a raising wire, one end of which is connected to the carrier plate and another end of which is connected to the drive unit via the direction changing member, and a lowering wire, one end of which is connected to the carrier plate and another end of which is connected to the drive unit, wherein the drive unit has a drum for winding and unwinding the raising wire and the lowering wire, a motor for driving the drum, and a housing, and the housing has a drum housing portion for housing the drum, a guide rail connecting portion connected to the guide rail, a stopper which abuts the carrier plate when the carrier plate reaches a carrier plate lower limit position and prevents the carrier plate from further lowering therefrom, and a stopper supporting portion provided below the stopper in a raising and lowering direction of the carrier plate and extending along a longitudinal axis which is generally parallel to the raising and lowering direction of the carrier plate so that a gap between the guide rail and the stopper supporting portion is formed, wherein the gap lies in a plane generally perpendicular to the raising and lowering direction of the carrier plate.