Patent ID: 6688043
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B21D,B21J,B21K

Abstract:
A vehicle door having a support assembly for a window pane of a cable window lifter, the support assembly comprising:an entrainment member to support the window pane; and a support element lying generally in a plane, the support element separating a wet cell from a dry cell of the vehicle door; wherein the support element has at least one protrusion that forms an elongated guide rail and is a homogeneous part of the support element; wherein the protrusion protrudes from one side of the support element in a direction generally perpendicular to the plane of the support element and toward the window pave to define a corresponding indentation on an opposite side of the support element; wherein the entrainment member is in sliding engagement with the guide rail; wherein the support element extends beyond two sides of the entrainment member in the plane of the support element in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the guide rail.