Patent ID: 8555550

Claim:
A window regulator, comprising: a cable; a first sheath and a second sheath for protecting the cable; a connector fixed to each end of the first sheath and each end of the second sheath; a drum for winding the cable, the drum being selectively locked against rotation; a support plate for supporting the drum; at least one window connection secured on the cable; a first cable direction changer and a second cable direction-changer, the cable extending from the drum to the first cable direction changer and the second cable direction-changer and from the first cable direction changer and the second cable direction-changer to the drum, wherein the first cable direction-changer and the second cable direction-changer are only fastened to the support plate by one of the first sheath and the second sheath; a first cable run of the cable extending through the first sheath, the first cable run being tensioned between the at least one window connection and the drum by a first spring located between the first sheath and the support plate; a second cable run of the cable extending through the second sheath; and a second spring locked in compression between the second sheath and the support plate, wherein the window regulator does not have any guide rails, a third cable direction changer and a fourth cable direction changer connected to each other by another sheath extending therebetween, a third cable run of the cable extending between the third cable direction-changer and the fourth cable direction changer in the another sheath and a fourth cable run of the cable extending between the third cable direction changer and the second cable direction changer and a fifth cable run of the cable extending between the first cable direction changer and the fourth cable direction changer, wherein the fourth cable run and the fifth cable run are not received within a sheath and wherein the first cable direction changer extends upwardly and away from the support plate in a first direction when the window regulator is in an installed configuration and wherein the second cable direction changer extends downwardly and away from the support plate in a second direction when the window regulator is in an installed configuration, wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction, wherein the support plate extends upwardly and away from the drum in the first direction and downwardly and away from the drum in the second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction, and wherein the support plate further comprises a channel that removably receives the fourth cable run and the fifth cable run therein when the window regulator is in a shipping configuration.