Patent ID: 8024893

Claim:
A powered slider drive interface for opening and closing a vehicle slider panel across a window aperture, comprising: a slider panel; a regulator; at least first and second mechanical stops mounted on the slider panel or the regulator, both first and second stops having a contact surface; and one or more mechanical stops mounted on the other of the slider panel or the regulator, the one or more stops having third and fourth contact surfaces; wherein when the regulator is caused to move in a first direction the first stop contact surface is brought into mechanical contact with the third contact surface, thus urging the slider panel into an open position at which there is a space between the second stop contact surface and the fourth stop contact surface; further wherein when the regulator is caused to move in a second direction, the second stop contact surface is brought into mechanical contact with the fourth contact surface, thus urging the slider panel into a closed position at which there is a space between the first stop contact surface and the third stop contact surface.