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US 6,553,718 B2Granted
Cable tensioning device
AssigneeMeritor Light Vehicle Systems-France
InventorsLaurent Arquevaux, Yaun Le Gallo, Herve Doreau, Richard Dubas
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Abstract
The window lifter comprises a window slider, a cable driving said window slider, a spring having a mobile cable tensioning portion and having a fixed cable return portion, both portions engaging the cable. This window lifter provides a simplified fabrication and a reduced number of parts.
Claims20
A window lifter comprising:
- a window slider;
- a cable driving said window slider;
- a cable return system;
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- a spring including a mobile cable tensioning portion engaging the cable, and a fixed cable return portion engaging the cable and positioned between the cable and the cable return system where at a location of engagement of the fixed cable return portion and cable return system the fixed cable return portion of the spring wraps around the cable return system.
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A window lifter comprising:
- a window slider;
- a cable driving said window slider;
- a cable return system provided on a support plate, and a tab is fixed to the support plate;
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- a spring including a mobile cable tensioning portion engaging the cable and a fixed cable return portion engaging the cable and positioned between the cable and the cable return system, and wherein said cable return system includes two flanges on opposing sides of the spring having respective aligned slots through which the tab extends.
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A window lifter comprising:
- a window slider;
- a cable driving said window slider;
- a spring including a mobile cable tensioning portion engaging the cable and a fixed cable return portion engaging the cable;
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- a supporting plate including two cable sheath stops, two sliding guiding rails separated from the supporting plate each having two cable return systems and two cable sheath stops;
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- three cable sheaths surrounding the cable respectively between a first rail cable sheath stop and a first supporting plate cable sheath stop, between a second rail cable sheath stop and a second supporting plate cable sheath stop and between remaining cable sheath stops of the first and second rail.
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A window lifter comprising:
- a window slider;
- a cable driving said window slider;
- and
- a wire spring having a fixed portion and a mobile cable tensioning portion having a loop through which the cable passes.
1 more element
A window lifter comprising:
- a window slider;
- a cable driving said window slider;
- a cable return system;
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- a spring including a mobile cable tensioning portion engaging the cable and a fixed cable return portion engaging the cable and positioned between the cable and the cable return system, and wherein the cable return system includes a plurality of hooks which engage a plurality of notches on the fixed cable return portion of the spring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.