Driver for a vehicle window regulator and vehicle window regulator

A vehicle window lifting mechanism configured to adjust a window glass of a motor vehicle, vehicle window lifting mechanism comprising:

• an actuator;
• an actuating mechanism including,
• a guide rail,
• a cable drum, and
• a cable, wherein the cable drum is operatively connected to the actuator;
• and
• a driver connected to the cable and including,
• a glass holder configured to be fastened to a window glass and including a connecting portion having an approximately cylindrical shape extending in an axial direction and defining a receptacle,
• a rail slider including a holder portion defining a through opening, a guiding region, and a sliding insert lying in the guiding region, wherein the connecting portion is inserted into the holder portion so that the holder portion at least partially circumferentially surrounds the connecting portion, and
• a joining pin inserted into the receptacle and the holder portion, wherein the receptacle and the holder portion each extend in a radial direction so that receptacle is aligned with the holder portion.

A driver for use in a vehicle window regulator and configured to carry a windowpane, the driver comprising:

• a glass holder including a pair of legs connected at a connecting portion and configured to receive the windowpane, the connecting portion having an approximately cylindrical shape extending in an axial direction and defining a receptacle;
• a rail slider including a holder portion, a guiding region, and a sliding insert lying in the guiding region, wherein the connecting portion is inserted into the holder portion so that the holder portion so that the holder portion at least partially circumferentially surrounds the connecting portion;
• and
• a pin extending into the receptacle and the holder portion, wherein a free end of the pin is configured to apply a preload force to the sliding insert.