Patent ID: 8196352
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A lifter for a window lift system of a vehicle door for selectively lowering and raising a vehicle window in the vehicle door, the lifter comprising: a first component having a slot operative to receive the window, the first component with the received window insertable into a first position in the vehicle door; and a second component discrete from the first component and removably attachable to the vehicle door in a second position and movable from the second position into the first position when unattached from the door, the second component including a first receptacle for fixedly receiving a first end portion of a cable of the window lift system and a second receptacle for fixedly receiving a second end portion of the cable of the window lift system, wherein the first and second receptacles are positioned relative to each other in a non-linear fashion such that when detached from the vehicle door and moved from the second position to the first position, the second component maintains a designed orientation; and wherein the first component is connectable with the second component in the first position.