Patent ID: 7861462

Claim:
An automotive window regulator system comprising: a guide rod defining a central axis extending in a vertical direction, said guide rod adapted for rotating about said central axis; a runner including a body portion and a pair of trunnions, said runner drivingly engaged with said guide rod, said runner moveable in said vertical direction along said guide rod between a first position and a second position in response to rotation of said guide rod; and a window carrier including a primary channel extending in said vertical direction and a secondary channel extending in a lateral direction substantially orthogonal to said vertical direction, said body portion of said runner is disposed in said primary channel which prevents rotation of said runner about said central axis and said trunnions are disposed in said secondary channel thereby coupling said runner and said carrier together for movement of said carrier with said runner in said vertical direction, said trunnions defining a lateral axis substantially orthogonal to said central axis; wherein said carrier rotates about said lateral axis and said carrier translates in a horizontal direction substantially orthogonal to said vertical and lateral directions such that said trunnions move relative to said carrier in said horizontal direction within said secondary channel in response to moving said runner between said first and second positions, whereby a rotational and translational movement of said carrier permits nonparallel movement of said carrier with respect to said central axis as said runner moves between said first and second positions.