Patent ID: 7121044

Claim:
A light-weight window regulator for a vehicle, the window regulator being operated by a cable and having a slide rail for a carriage which transports a window glass, the slide rail comprising the following elements: fasteners for securing the window regulator to a door of the vehicle, a support and anchoring elements for a drive motor, coupling elements for a Bowden system for tensioning the cable, a housing for a cable-winding drum, sliding or diverting elements for the cable, and a series of holes adjacent to an area of the slide rail contacted by the cable, the series of holes allowing coupling of at least one clip which increases a resistance to friction of the cable in the contact area, the at least one clip having one or more pins rapid engagement in respective ones of the series of holes, wherein the slide rail, the fasteners, the drive motor support and anchoring elements, the coupling elements, the housing, and the sliding or diverting elements are a single integrated piece obtained by injection moulding a light-weight metallic alloy, wherein the slide rail has a curvature to correctly follow a movement of the window glass, and wherein the slide rail can be used with at least one selected from the group consisting of a manual window regulator, electric window regulator, and dual rail window regulator.