Patent ID: 6152519
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
A drive arrangement for a motor vehicle sliding door which, in the closed position, closes a door aperture in a vehicle wall and, in the open position, is in front of a portion of the vehicle wall comprising:a guide rail for a sliding vehicle door extending in the direction of the sliding movement of a vehicle door;a roller carriage movable on the guide rail to guide a sliding vehicle door along the guide rail;a drive reel;at least one flexible force-transmission member coupled to the drive reel;at least one return roller and at least one tension device for tensioning the force-transmission member; anda drive motor unit adapted to be mounted inside a vehicle wall and to be drivingly connected to the drive reel by a drive shaft passing through a vehicle wall;wherein the guide rail, the drive reel, the flexible force-transmission member and the return roller are combined in an assembly module adapted to be mounted outside a vehicle wall and to be connected to the drive motor unit by a plug-in connection between the drive motor unit and the drive shaft.