Patent ID: 6231113
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
In a motor vehicle having a body and a door slidable outside the body, a cable drive comprising:a rotatable shaft projecting through the body and having an outer end outside the vehicle adjacent the door and an inside end inside the vehicle;a drum outside the vehicle mounted on the outside end;a cable wholly outside the vehicle, wound around the drum, and connected to the door, whereby rotation of the drum and shaft in one direction slides the door into a closed position and opposite movement slides it into an open position;a motor unit wholly inside the vehicle connected to the inside shaft end; anda clutch between the motor unit and the shaft openable to uncouple the motor unit from the shaft and closable to connect the motor unit to the shaft, the clutch includingan input clutch member directly driven by the motor, rotatable on the shaft, and having a clutch surface, the shaft being centered on and rotatable about a shaft axis;an output clutch member fixed rotatable on the shaft and having a clutch surface engageable axially with the surface of the input clutch member;a spring operatively braced between the clutch members and urging the surfaces thereof axially together, whereby when the surfaces are enraged together the shaft is coupled via the clutch members to the motor unit;a fixed nut adjacent one of the clutch members;a spindle threaded in the fixed nut and engageable with the one clutch member to push it against the spring out of engagement with the other clutch member; anda manually operable handle on the spindle.