Window regulator with improved glider assembly

A cable-drum regulator for controlling a windowpane, comprising, in combination:

• drive means for moving a windowpane;
• an elongate guide rail mounted to a support structure;
• a glider assembly for slidingly interconnecting a windowpane to the guide rail, comprising a glider having an inboard side and an outboard side, slidably secured to the guide rail, and a glider plate for attachment of a windowpane to the glider, wherein at least one of the glider and the glider plate has a flexible finger provided with an insertion digit and the other of the glider and the glider plate has a corresponding opening sized to receive the insertion digit, producing a snap fit engagement between the glider and the glider plate;
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• a cable assembly connecting the glider assembly to the drive means for longitudinal sliding movement along the guide rail in response to actuation of the drive means.

A cable-drum regulator for controlling the movement of a windowpane, comprising, in combination:

• drive means for moving a windowpane;
• an elongate guide rail mounted to a support structure;
• a glider assembly for slidingly interconnecting a windowpane to the guide rail, comprising a glider having an inboard side and an outboard side, slidable on the guide rail, and a glider plate for attaching to a windowpane and to the glider, wherein the glider has upper and lower glider plate retention hooks which are unitary with the glider, and the glider and glider plate are releasably snap fit together to form the glider assembly;
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• a cable assembly connecting the glider assembly to the drive means for longitudinal sliding movement along the guide rail in response to actuation of the drive means.

A cable-drum regulator for controlling a windowpane movable from a full up position to a full down position, comprising, in combination:

• an elongate vertical guide rail mounted to a support structure;
• drive means for moving a windowpane;
• a glider assembly for slidingly interconnecting a windowpane to the guide rail, comprising a glider sliding on the rail and a glider plate for securing a windowpane to the glider, wherein the glider comprises a main body and a cushioning downstop unitary with the main body to absorb loading when the cable-drum regulator reaches the full down position;
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• a cable assembly connecting the glider assembly to the drive means for sliding movement along the glider rail in response to actuation of the drive means.

A cable-drum regulator for controlling a windowpane movable between a full up position and a full down position, comprising, in combination:

• an elongate guide rail mounted to a support structure;
• drive means for moving a windowpane;
• a glider assembly attachable to a windowpane wherein the guide rail has left and right receiving flanges and the glider assembly has a glider comprising a main body portion, a cushioning downstop unitary with the main body portion for absorbing loading at the full down position, and at least one rail tab unitary with the main body portion and positively snap fitted over one of the receiving flanges slidably securing the glider to the guide rail;
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• a cable assembly comprising a cable connecting the glider assembly to the drive means for longitudinal sliding movement of the glider assembly along the guide rail in response to actuation of the drive means.

A cable-drum regulator comprising, in combination:

• an elongate guide rail mounted to a support structure, having left and right receiving flanges;
• a windowpane moveable relative the support structure between an open position and a closed position;
• drive means for moving the windowpane;
• a glider assembly comprising a glider plate having a center portion and first and second wings extending laterally of the center portion in an offset plane parallel to the center portion and connected to the center portion by angled connecting segments, the glider plate being connected to the windowpane via the first and second wings, and a glider attached to the glider plate and having at least one left and one right flexible rail tab, wherein at least one of the rail tabs snap fits over a corresponding receiving flange of the rail, slidably securing the glider to the guide rail;
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• a cable assembly connecting the glider assembly to the drive means for longitudinal sliding movement of the glider assembly along the guide rail in response to actuation of the drive means.

A cable-drum regulator for controlling a windowpane, comprising, in combination:

• drive means for moving a windowpane;
• an elongate guide rail mounted to a support structure;
• a glider assembly slidingly interconnecting a windowpane to the guide rail, comprising a glider slidably secured to the guide rail and a glider plate for securing a windowpane to the glider, wherein one of the glider and the glider plate has a flexible portion with a projection forming a snap fit connection between the glider and the glider plate;
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• a cable assembly connecting the glider to the drive means for longitudinal sliding movement along the guide rail in response to actuation of the drive means.

A window regulator comprising, in combination:

• drive means;
• a windowpane having a bottom edge and moveable in response to motion of the drive means between an open position and a closed position;
• a bracket secured to the windowpane near the bottom edge;
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• a moveable member operatively connected to the drive means and moveable with the windowpane, wherein one of the bracket and the moveable member has a flexible finger provided with an insertion digit, and the other of the bracket and the moveable member has a corresponding opening sized to receive the insertion digit, producing a snap fit engagement between the bracket and the moveable member.