Window adjustment mechanism

A window adjustment apparatus for use with an automotive vehicle type of window assembly of the type having an elongate guide channel defining a longitudinal axis and which mounts a window for reciprocal motion relative to a vehicle body panel such as a vehicle door, and a pivot arrangement which mounts said guide channel for pivotal movement generally about one end thereof and within said vehicle body panel in which said guide channel is located, said window adjustment apparatus comprising:

• housing means;
• an adjustment member having channel-coupling means for coupling thereof to said guide channel at a location thereon generally remotely located from the end about which said guide channel is mounted for pivotal motion;
• a driven member mounted to said adjustment member;
• drive means rotatably mounted to said housing, said drive means being of complementary form with said driven member for engaging the same for causing bidirectional movement of said adjustment member relative to said housing to achieve said bidirectional pivoting of said guide channel in response to bidirectional rotation of the drive means;
• and engageable means for engagement and bidirectional rotation by means acting from exteriorly of the body panel and operatively coupled with said drive means, such that bidirectional rotation of the engageable means achieves a predetermined and corresponding amount of bidirectional pivotal motion of the guide channel;
• wherein said engageable means comprises a bevel gear member nonrotatably coupled with said drive means;
• and further including a mating bevel gear member mounted for rotation within said housing and mounting means formed in said housing for positioning the respective bevel gears for mating engagement therebetween;
• wherein said mating bevel gear has a tool-engageable portion accessible for engagement and rotation by a mating tool, and wherein said housing includes an entry port in alignment with said tool-engageable portion of said mating bevel gear for permitting the ingress of a mating tool for rotating the same.

A window adjustment apparatus for use with an automotive vehicle type of window assembly of the type having an elongate guide channel defining a longitudinal axis and which mounts a window for reciprocal motion relative to a vehicle body panel such as a vehicle door, and a pivot arrangement which mounts said guide channel for pivotal movement generally about one end thereof and within said vehicle body panel in which said guide channel is located, said window adjustment apparatus comprising:

• housing means;
• an adjustment member having channel-coupling means for coupling thereof to said guide channel at a location thereon generally remotely located from the end about which said guide channel is mounted for pivotal motion;
• a driven member mounted to said adjustment member;
• drive means rotatably mounted to said housing, said drive means being of complementary form with said driven member for engaging the same for causing bidirectional movement of said adjustment member relative to said housing to achieve said bidirectional pivoting of said guide channel in response to bidirectional rotation of the drive means;
• and engageable means for engagement and bidirectional rotation by means acting from exteriorly of the body panel and operatively coupled with said drive means, such that bidirectional rotation of the engageable means achieves a predetermined and corresponding amount of bidirectional pivotal motion of the guide channel;
• wherein said engageable means comprises a bevel gear member nonrotatably coupled with said drive means;
• and further including a mating bevel gear member mounted for rotation within said housing and mounting means formed in said housing for positioning the respective bevel gears for mating engagement therebetween, and wherein said housing means comprises a base portion defining at least portions of respective bearing surfaces for rotatably supporting the respective bevel gears and also for rotatably mounting said drive member, and a cover portion defining remaining portions of said bearing surfaces for supporting said bevel gears for rotation and also providing means for covering and enclosing said bevel gears.

A window adjustment apparatus for use with an automotive vehicle type of window assembly of the type having an elongate guide channel defining a longitudinal axis and which mounts a window for reciprocal motion relative to a vehicle body panel such as a vehicle door, and a pivot arrangement which mounts said guide channel for pivotal movement generally about one end thereof and within said vehicle body panel in which said guide channel is located, said window adjustment apparatus comprising:

• housing means;
• an adjustment member having channel-coupling means for coupling thereof to said guide channel at a location thereon generally remotely located from the end about which said guide channel is mounted for pivotal motion;
• a driven member mounted to said adjustment member;
• drive means rotatably mounted to said housing, said drive means being of complementary form with said driven member for engaging the same for causing bidirectional movement of said adjustment member relative to said housing to achieve said bidirectional pivoting of said guide channel in response to bidirectional rotation of the drive means;
• and engageable means for engagement and bidirectional rotation by means acting from exteriorly of the body panel and operatively coupled with said drive means, such that bidirectional rotation of the engageable means achieves a predetermined and corresponding amount of bidirectional pivotal motion of the guide channel;
• and further including bracket means for mounting said housing means to an interior portion of said automotive body panel for cooperative association with said guide channel therewithin;
• wherein said housing means and said bracket means have cooperating mounting means formed thereon for releasable engagement therebetween;
• wherein said bracket means is resiliently deformable and wherein said mounting means comprise cooperating tab and slot means on said housing and said bracket means for snapping releasable locking engagement therebetween.