Patent ID: 8893437

Claim:
A window lifter comprising: a first guide rail and a second guide rails, the first guide rail having an upper pulley located proximate to an upper end of the first guide rail and a lower pulley located proximate to a lower end of the first guide rail, and wherein the second guide rail has an upper pulley located proximate to an upper end of the second guide rail and a lower pulley located proximate to a lower end of the second guide rail; first and second sliders for driving a window, the first and second sliders being guided in translation by the first guide rail and the second guide rail, respectively; a cable system for driving the sliders along the first and second guide rails, the cable system comprising a first cable extending at least between the upper pulley of the first guide rail and the lower pulley of the second guide rail; and a holder integrally formed with the first guide rail, the holder being located between the upper end and the lower end of the first guide rail, wherein the holder is configured to have a sheath stop for engaging an end of a sheath of the first cable, wherein the sheath of the first cable only extends from the holder to the lower pulley of the second guide rail such that a portion of the first cable extending from the holder towards the upper pulley of the first guide rail is not covered by the sheath of the first cable and wherein the portion of the first cable extending from the holder towards the upper pulley of the first guide rail that is not covered by the sheath of the first cable is not covered by any cable sheath, and further comprising a drum configured for engaging the cable system and for driving the first and second sliders by the cable system, and wherein the cable system further comprises a second cable extending between the second slider of the second guide rail and the drum, the first cable and the second cable intersecting each other at the holder, wherein the first cable does not engage the drum.