Remote manual anti-backdrive system for modular rear-mounted window assembly

A modular window assembly vertically mounted in a motor vehicle body having a windshield and a roof, enclosing a passenger compartment, the modular window assembly comprising, in combination:

• a circumferential rear-mounted frame member mounted in a window recess in the vehicle body comprising:
• a slider subassembly comprising a sliding pane mounted in the rear-mounted frame member to slide laterally back and forth between an open position and a closed position;
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• a pull-pull cable drive subassembly to move the slider subassembly laterally back and forth between its open and closed positions, the pull-pull cable drive subassembly comprising:
• a drive drum mounted to the roof of the vehicle body remote from the rear-mounted frame member;
• an anti-backdrive subassembly connected to the drive drum to substantially prevent movement of the slider subassembly between its open and closed positions by forces other than operation of a handle connected to the anti-backdrive subassembly;
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• a drive cable attached to the slider subassembly and wrapped around the drive drum for pulling the slider subassembly substantially laterally in a first direction toward its open position upon rotation of the handle in a first rotational direction, and for pulling the slider subassembly substantially laterally in a second direction toward its closed position upon rotation of the handle in an opposite rotational direction, the slider subassembly and drive cable together forming a closed loop from the drive drum, with a first drive cable segment extending laterally from the slider subassembly toward a left side of the frame member and a second drive cable segment extending laterally from the slider subassembly toward a right side of the frame member.

A modular window assembly vertically mounted in a motor vehicle body having a windshield and a roof, enclosing a passenger compartment, the modular window assembly comprising, in combination:

• a circumferential rear-mounted frame member mounted in a first plane in a window recess in the vehicle body rearward of a rearmost edge of a driver's door;
• a slider subassembly comprising a sliding pane mounted in the rear-mounted frame member to slide laterally back and forth between an open position and a closed position;
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• a drive subassembly to move the slider subassembly laterally back and forth between its open and closed positions, the drive subassembly comprising:
• a manually-operable drive unit comprising a hand crank mounted in a second plane different from the first plane forward of the rearmost edge of the driver's door;
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• an anti-backdrive subassembly for substantially preventing movement of the slider subassembly between its open and closed positions by forces other than operation of the manually-operable drive unit.