Patent ID: 7536927

Claim:
A window lift drive mechanism comprising: support bracket structure including gear structure, fixed rack structure associated with the gear structure, a motor carried by the support bracket structure, the motor having a rotatable shaft, and a gear train associated with the shaft and with the gear structure such that rotation of the shaft moves the gear train, with the gear train driving the gear structure so as to move the support bracket structure with respect to the rack structure, wherein rack structure includes a pair of racks in spaced relation, each rack having gear teeth, the gear structure including an input gear in engagement with an output gear, each of the output gear and the input gear engaging gear teeth of an associated rack, and wherein the gear train includes at least first and second intermeshing gears disposed on associated shafts, the shafts being in parallel relation, the first gear having an axis coaxial with an axis of the input gear and the second gear having an axis coaxial with an axis of the output gear, with the input gear being constructed and arranged to be driven by the first gear.