Window regulator with optimized motor configuration

A window regulator for raising and lowering a window of a vehicle, comprising:

• a guide rail;
• a cursor slidably mounted to the guide rail;
• a flange portion only mounted to a top end of the guide rail, by a rail mounting portion of the flange portion, and an arm portion and a mounting portion extend from the rail mounting portion, the mounting portion terminating at a distal end of the mounting portion that is spaced from a bottom end of the guide rail, the arm portion and the mounting portion do not directly contact the guide rail;
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• a motor operably coupled to the cursor such that operation of the motor will cause the cursor to slide along the guide rail, the motor being mounted to the mounting portion, wherein the motor when mounted to the mounting portion is located adjacent to a side of the guide rail located between the bottom end of the guide rail and the top end of the guide rail and the cursor being capable of sliding along a portion of the guide rail that is adjacent to the arm portion and the mounting portion such that a portion of the cursor can be located between the guide rail and the mounting portion and at least a portion of the arm portion.

A window regulator for raising and lowering a window of a vehicle, comprising:

• a guide rail;
• a cursor slidably mounted to the guide rail;
• a flange portion only mounted to a bottom end of the guide rail, by a rail mounting portion of the flange, and an arm portion and a mounting portion extend from the rail mounting portion, the mounting portion terminating at a distal end of the mounting portion that is spaced from a top end of the guide rail, the arm portion and the mounting portion do not directly contact the guide rail;
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• a motor operably coupled to the cursor by at least one cable such that operation of the motor will cause the cursor to slide along the guide rail, the motor being mounted to the mounting portion, wherein the motor when mounted to the mounting portion is located adjacent to a side of the guide rail located between the bottom end of the guide rail and the top end of the guide rail and the cursor being capable of sliding along a portion of the guide rail that is adjacent to the arm portion and the mounting portion such that a portion of the cursor can be located between the guide rail and the mounting portion and at least a portion of the arm portion.