Patent ID: 6643979
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
A window regulator assembly comprising:a guide defining a path; a window bar assembly supported on said guide and movable along said path; an actuator interconnected with a drum for rotationally driving said drum; a pair of cables with each of said cables having one end connected to said drum and another end connected to said guide, and a portion of said cables wrapped about a circumference of said drum; and a drum biasing assembly coacting with said drum and expanding said circumference for taking up slack in said cables, wherein said drum biasing assembly includes a reaction surface on said drum and a resilient member generating a force on said reaction surface expanding said circumference, and wherein said drum biasing assembly includes a mandrel interposed between said resilient member and said reaction surface with said resilient member forcing said mandrel into said reaction surface to expand said circumference.