Power slide window

A power slide window for opening and closing an opening provided in a window glass pane with a slide panel, the power slide window comprising:

• a guide rail provided on the window glass pane to define a pin guide groove that extends along a panel surface of the window glass pane in an opening and closing direction;
• at least one pin projecting from the slide panel along the panel surface in a direction crossing the opening and closing direction to engage the pin guide groove;
• a slider slidably provided in a slider guide groove provided in the guide rail and configured to be slidingly driven by a drive source in the opening and closing direction;
• and
• at least one pin drive groove formed in the slider to receive the at least one pin, the at least one pin drive groove extending in a direction crossing the panel surface,
• wherein the pin guide groove includes a groove main portion extending along the panel surface and at least one groove extension portion extending from the groove main portion to drive the slide panel in a direction to approach the window glass pane via the at least one pin when the slide panel reaches a vicinity of a closed position,
• the groove main portion of the pin guide groove and the slider guide groove are formed to have same widths as each other in the direction crossing the panel surface and arranged at positions overlapping with each other in the opening and closing direction so as to be made at least partially in common with each other in the opening and closing direction,
• the slider includes a main plate member made of metal and at least one sliding member made of resin and attached to the main plate member to project into the slider guide groove, the main plate member being provided with the at least one pin drive groove,
• an end portion of at least one cable for transmitting power of the drive source is coupled to the slider within the slider guide groove,
• the main plate member is provided with at least one bent piece formed by bending, the at least one bent piece projecting into the at least one sliding member and locking the end portion of the at least one cable, and
• the at least one sliding member is provided with a projecting portion projecting into the slider guide groove and a pair of flange portions slidably contacting the guide rail outside the slider guide groove.