Dual slider window assembly

A rear slider window assembly for a vehicle, said rear slider window assembly comprising:

• an upper rail and a lower rail;
• a fixed window panel comprising a glass panel having an inner surface and an outer surface and an opening between opposite side panel portions of said fixed window panel;
• a perimeter sealing element that is attached at said inner surface of said fixed window panel and that circumscribes said opening;
• wherein said upper rail is attached at said inner surface of said fixed window panel at an upper region of said fixed window panel and above said opening;
• wherein said lower rail is attached at said inner surface of said fixed window panel at a lower region of said fixed window panel and below said opening;
• first and second movable window panels that are movable along said upper and lower rails, wherein said movable window panels are movable between a closed position, where said first and second movable window panels cooperate to close the opening, and an opened position, where said first and second movable panels move away from one another to open the opening;
• wherein said perimeter sealing element sealing against an outer surface of said first and second movable window panels;
• wherein said first and second movable window panels are movable via a drive system, and wherein said drive system comprises a drive motor that moves said first and second movable window panels in tandem;
• wherein said drive motor rotatably drives a gear element that engages first and second drive elements that are connected to said first and second movable window panels, respectively, and wherein rotation of said gear element imparts movement of said first and second drive elements and said first and second movable window panels;
• wherein, responsive to said drive motor driving said gear element in a first direction, said first and second drive elements are moved so as to pull at said first and second movable window panels, respectively, to open the opening, and wherein, responsive to said drive motor driving said gear element in a second direction opposite the first direction, said first and second drive elements are moved to push at said first and second movable window panels, respectively, to close the opening;
• wherein said first drive element is routed through a first guide element at a first end of said lower rail and an end of said first drive element is attached at an outer end of a carrier of said first movable window panel, and wherein said second drive element is routed through a second guide element at a second end of said lower rail and an end of said second drive element is attached at an outer end of a carrier of said second movable window panel;
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• wherein said carrier of said first movable window panel is movable along a channel portion of said lower rail, and wherein said first drive element is received in a receiving element disposed along said channel portion, and wherein said carrier of said second movable window panel is movable along said channel portion of said lower rail, and wherein said second drive element is received in said receiving element disposed along said channel portion.