Patent ID: 7104009
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A vehicle door attached to an opening of a vehicle comprising: a window at an upper side and a panel at a lower side thereof; a glass plate which is movable upward and downward to close said door window when the glass plate moves upward, and is housed inside said door when the glass plate is lowered, guide rails which are arranged at front and rear sides of the glass plate to guide the glass plate during said upward and downward movement, and a drive unit inside the door for driving said glass plate up and down, wherein said drive unit includes: a base panel having a plurality of pulleys for guiding wires for driving the glass plate up and down, a drum far driving the wires, a carrier plate to move up and down between an upper one of said pulleys and a lower one said pulleys while supporting a lower side of said glass plate, the wires being laid across the plurality of pulleys, partially wound around the drum and having ends fixed to said carrier plate, the wires being moved by rotating said drum to drive the carrier plate up and down, wire fixing portions comprising on said carrier vertical through holes formed in a part of the carrier plate, free ends of said wires being inserted through the through holes, stopper members having a larger diameter than that of said through holes are fixed to the wire free ends inserted through the through holes, said through holes comprising flared guide portions opposite said stopper members and formed at edges of the through holes, said flared guide portions centrally positioning the wires in said through holes, and said flared guide portions have inner curved surfaces for guiding the wires and preventing cutting of the wires as said carrier plate moves upward.