Cable window winder, particularly for installation in motor vehicles

Apparatus in a motor vehicle for moving a window between a first position and a second position, the motor vehicle having a support structure, and said apparatus comprising:

• a first guide pulley and a second guide pulley, said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley each having an axis of rotation;
• first bracket means and second bracket means, each of said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley being mounted on a corresponding one of said first bracket means and said second bracket means;
• a guide rail disposed between and connecting said first bracket means and said second bracket means, said guide rail defining a path of travel between said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley;
• drive means for moving the window between the first position and the second position along said path of travel;
• cable means for being disposed about said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley and for connecting said drive means and said window;
• means for attaching said cable means to said window, said means for attaching comprising a slide means for being guided along said guide rail along said first path of travel, said slide means comprising a carrier for carrying said window along said first path of travel to move said window between said first position and said second position upon movement of said slide along said first path of travel;
• means for fastening each of said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley directly to said support structure of said motor vehicle, said means for fastening being disposed through said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley along said axis of rotation of each said guide pulley;
• a first axle bolt and a second axle bolt, each of said first bracket means and said second bracket means having a corresponding one of said first axle bolt and said second axle bolt mounted thereon;
• each said axle bolt having a longitudinal bore therein and an exterior circumferential surface disposed thereabout;
• each said bracket means having an orifice therein, said orifice of said bracket means being aligned with said longitudinal bore of said corresponding axle bolt;
• each of said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley being disposed about said exterior circumferential surface of a corresponding one of said first axle bolt and said second axle bolt of said corresponding bracket means;
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• said fastening means for being disposed through said longitudinal bore of each said corresponding axle bolt and through said orifice of said corresponding bracket means to fasten each said corresponding guide pulley, axle bore and bracket means directly to said support structure.

Apparatus in a motor vehicle for moving a window between a first position and a second position, the motor vehicle having a support structure, and said apparatus comprising:

• a first guide pulley and a second guide pulley, said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley each having an axis of rotation, and said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley defining a path of travel therebetween;
• drive means for moving the window between the first position and the second position;
• cable means for being disposed about said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley and for connecting said drive means and said window;
• means for attaching said cable means to said window, said means for attaching being disposed between said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley for movement of said means for attaching along said path of travel to move said window between said first position and said second position by said drive means;
• means for fastening each of said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley directly to said support structure of said motor vehicle, and means for fastening being disposed through said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley along said axis of rotation of each said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley to attach said first guide pulley and said second guide pulley directly to said support structure;
• first bracket means and second bracket means;
• each of said first bracket means and said second bracket means having a corresponding orifice therethrough for passage of said fastening means therethrough;
• said fastening means comprising:
• first fastening means for being disposed through said first guide pulley and said corresponding orifice of said first bracket means to simultaneously fasten said first guide pulley and said first bracket means directly to said support structure;
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• second fastening means for being disposed through said second guide pulley and said corresponding orifice of said second bracket means to simultaneously fasten said second guide pulley and said second bracket means directly to said support structure.