Window regulator for a frameless door assembly
AssigneeExcel Industries, Inc.
InventorsMichael D. Kobrehel, James F. Trevarrow, Jr.
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Abstract
A dual drive window regulator for use with a door assembly for raising and lowering a window glass. The window regulator includes a window glass mounted to two window carriers. The carriers are supported by stationary tracks for shiftable movement thereon. A toothed rack connects each carrier to a movable toothed slide member housed within the tracks. Each carrier overlies the sides of a track to prevent lateral movement of the carrier and window glass during raising and lowering.
Claims6
A window regulator used in a door assembly for raising and lowering a window glass between a raised position in which the window glass is extended from the door assembly and a lowered position in which the window glass is stored within the door assembly, the window regulator comprising:
- a pair of elongated tracks mounted to the door assembly, each track including a vertical run portion and having two spaced side walls connected by a back wall to define a longitudinal slot extending substantially the length of the track, the side walls terminating opposite the back wall in opposed inturned lips;
- a pair of elongated slide members each disposed within the slot of a corresponding one of the tracks for longitudinal sliding therein;
- drive means for driving back-and-forth longitudinal sliding of the slide members in the slots of the tracks;
- a pair of securement members, each mounted to a corresponding one of the tracks for longitudinal sliding thereon, having a front surface disposed within the slot in locking engagement with the slide member, side surfaces forming longitudinal grooves slidingly receiving the inturned lips of the track side walls, and a back surface disposed outside the slot;
- a pair of carrier members, each mounted to a corresponding one of the tracks for longitudinal sliding thereon in locking engagement with the securement member while supporting the window glass, having a carrier front wall overlying the slot, opposed carrier side walls extending from opposite sides of the carrier front wall to overlie a corresponding one of the track side walls in sliding contact therewith, and a carrying wall providing longitudinally extended support of the window glass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.