# US 10,309,140 B2 · Guide rail fitting structure and window regulator

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- Number: US 10,309,140 B2
- Document ID: US10309140B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/522,957
- Filed: 2015-10-28
- Published: 2017-11-02
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2014-10-31
- Assignees: Hi-Lex Corporation
- Applicants: Hi-Lex Corporation
- Inventors: Takayuki Imaoka
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10309140B2

## CPC

- E05D 15/165: {Details, e.g. sliding or rolling guides (E05D15/18 - E05D15/24 take precedence)}
- E05F 11/48: operated by cords or chains {or other flexible elongated pulling elements, e.g. tapes}
- E05F 11/483: {by cables}
- E05F 15/689: specially adapted for vehicle windows
- E05Y 2201/654: Cables
- E05Y 2201/66: Deflectors; Guides
- E05Y 2900/55: Windows
- E05D: HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C11/00)
- E05F: DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
- E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF

## Abstract

A guide rail fitting structure includes a guide rail, a fitting body, and an insert inserted into the fitting body. The guide rail is fitted into the fitting body. The fitting body includes a fitting section fitted onto an end of the guide rail, and an insertion hole into which the insert is inserted from outside the fitting body. The fitting section is fitted onto the guide rail such that the insert is at least partially covered with the guide rail, the insert gets into a detachment inhibitive state, and the insert in the detachment inhibitive state is visible through an opening on an outer surface of the fitting body. This configuration allows easy assembly.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A guide rail fitting structure comprising:
a guide rail;
a fitting body;
a cable arranged along the fitting body so as to press the fitting body against the guide rail;
a carrier plate moveable along the guide rail; and
an inserted body which is inserted into the fitting body, the guide rail being fitted into the fitting body: the fitting body comprises:
a fitting section fitted onto an end of the guide rail; and
an insertion hole having a first entrance into which the inserted body is inserted from the outside and further having a separate entrance;
by fitting of the fitting section onto the guide rail, an end of the guide rail is received within the separate entrance of the insertion hole and the inserted body is at least partially covered by the guide rail, thereby movement of the inserted body is restrained and detachment of the inserted body from the fitting body is prevented.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The guide rail fitting structure according to claim 1,
wherein the fitting body comprises a fitting seat that a head of the inserted insert fits on, and
wherein the guide rail fitted into the fitting section and the insertion hole intersect with each other such that the guide rail partially covers the head fitting on the fitting seat.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A window regulator comprising the guide rail fitting structure according to claim 2, wherein
the fitting body guides the cable and changes direction in which the cable moves, and
the inserted body is a mounting bolt.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A window regulator comprising the guide rail fitting structure according to claim 1, wherein
the fitting body guides the cable and changes direction in which the cable moves, and
the inserted body is a mounting bolt.