Window regulator cable guide
AssigneeHi-Lex Controls, Inc.
InventorShigeki Arimoto
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Abstract
A cable guide for use with a window regulator assembly includes a body with a first rail support surface and a second rail support surface in a guide rail region, and a cable support surface and a cable retention arm in a cable region. The first rail support surface is configured to pass through an aperture in a guide rail and be placed on a first side of the guide rail and a cable retention arm configured to receive a tensioned drive cable of the window regulator. The cable guide with the first and second rail support surfaces is steadily secured to the guide rail by utilizing the pushing force from the tensioned drive cable. The aperture is located along the guide rail such that the aperture is out of the slide path of the window carrier of the window regulator assembly.
Claims18
A cable guide for use with a guide rail having a first and second side with an aperture, the cable guide comprising:
- a body having a guide rail region and a cable region, the guide rail region having a first rail support surface and a second rail support surface, and the cable region having a cable support surface and a cable retention arm;
- a snap-fit section extending toward a first end of the body with a cantilever type, the snap-fit section being configured to steadily secure the cable guide when the cable guide is installed to the guide rail;
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- the cable retention arm having a first portion extending from the cable support surface and a second portion cantilevered from the first portion such that an end of the second portion extends toward the first end of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.