Patent ID: 7047692
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A window lifter comprising: a first guide rail and a second guide rail disposed parallel to each other, the first guide rail and the second guide rail each having a first end and a second end; a connecting arm rigidly connecting the first guide rail and the second guide rail, the connecting arm being connected to the first guide rail and the second guide rail between the first end and the second end of each of the first guide rail and the second guide rail; and a plurality of cable returns defining a cable path along the first guide rail and the second guide rail and along the connecting arm, wherein the first end and the second end of the first guide rail, the first end and the second end of the second guide rail and a first end and a second end of the connecting arm each carry one of the plurality of cable returns, wherein the cable path defines a closed loop, and the cable path includes a first portion that extends along each of the first guide rail and second guide rail and a second portion that extends from the first end of the first guide rail to the second end of the second guide rail and from the second end of the first guide rail to the first end of the second guide rail, wherein a substantial portion of the second portion extends along the first guide rail and the second guide rail and a remaining portion of the second portion extends along the connecting arm, and wherein the cable path includes a first side and an opposing second side, and the first side of the remaining portion of the second portion is covered and protected by the connecting arm and the opposing second side of the remaining portion of the second portion is exposed.