Window regulator
AssigneeJohnan Manufacturing Inc.
InventorsYuka Koike, Yusuke Yamazaki, Manabu Shimomura
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Abstract
A window regulator includes a carrier plate holding a windowpane, a drum rotated by driving a motor that generates a driving force, a wire whose one end is connected to the carrier plate and whose other end is connected to the drum, a wire end fixed to an end on a side of the one end of the wire, and a housing member that is formed of a synthetic resin and houses the wire end. The housing member is configured to define a housing hole that is surrounded by a base in which an inserting hole to insert the wire is formed, and a sidewall that is formed extending from an outer edge of the base. The wire end is housed in the housing hole while being pressed against a protrusion that protrudes from the sidewall.
Claims6
A window regulator that is configured to be arranged in a vehicle door and to lift and lower a windowpane of the vehicle door, the window regulator comprising:
- a carrier plate holding the windowpane;
- a drum rotated by driving a motor that generates a driving force;
- a wire having a first end connected to the carrier plate and a second end connected to the drum;
- a wire end element fixed to the first end of the wire;
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- a housing member that houses the wire end element, and is arranged so as to move forward and backward in a recessed groove arranged in the carrier plate in response to a biasing member that generates a biasing force in a direction that a tensile force is applied to the wire,
- wherein the housing member is configured to define a housing hole that is surrounded by a base in which an inserting hole to insert the wire is formed, and a sidewall that is formed extending from an outer edge of the base,
- wherein the wire end element is housed in the housing hole while being pressed against a protrusion that protrudes from the sidewall,
- wherein an inner surface of the sidewall at an opening end of the housing hole comprises an inclined surface that inclines such that a distance from a central axis of the housing member gradually decreases toward a bottom side of the housing hole, and
- wherein the protrusion is formed extending from the inclined surface toward the bottom side of the housing hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.