Patent · US Expired

Motor vehicle window drive mechanism

US4237656A · kind A · utility

9Cited by

1References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Metallwerk Max Brose GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

Hans-Peter Hess · Coburg, DE
Gunther Muhling · Coburg, DE
Manfred Sunkel · Sonnefeld, DE
Hans Dauernheim · Dreieich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 19, 1979
Grant date	Dec 9, 1980
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 19, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/20462
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A drive mechanism for the window of a motor vehicle includes a carriage having the window affixed thereto and a carrier attached to the carriage with a drive cable having the carrier fastened in driven engagement therewith. A guide tube made of plastic material surrounds the drive cable and a support tube surrounds the guide tube. Both the support tube and the guide tube are formed with a longitudinal slot through which a portion of the carrier may extend in order to effect the driven engagement between the drive cable and the carrier.

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