Window lifter comprising a holder for fastening a cable between two ends of first and second guide rails

A vehicle door including an inner door shell, a window and a window lifter, the window lifter comprising:

• a first guide rail and a second guide rails, the first guide rail having an upper pulley located proximate to an upper end of the first guide rail and a lower pulley located proximate to a lower end of the first guide rail, and wherein the second guide rail has an upper pulley located proximate to an upper end of the second guide rail and a lower pulley located proximate to a lower end of the second guide rail;
• first and second sliders for driving the window, the first and second sliders being guided in translation by the first guide rail and the second guide rail, respectively;
• a cable system for driving the sliders along the first and second guide rails, the cable system comprising a first cable extending at least between the upper pulley of the first guide rail and the lower pulley of the second guide rail;
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• a holder integrally formed with the first guide rail, the holder being located between the upper end and the lower end of the first guide rail, wherein the holder is configured to have a sheath stop for engaging an end of a sheath of the first cable, wherein the sheath of the first cable only extends from the holder to the lower pulley of the second guide rail such that a portion of the first cable extending from the holder to the upper pulley of the first guide rail is not covered by the sheath of the first cable and wherein the portion of the first cable extending from the holder that is not covered by the sheath of the first cable is not covered by any cable sheath, wherein the window lifter is mounted in the inner door shell of the vehicle so as to drive the closing and opening movement of the window, and wherein the window lifter further comprises another sheath extending from the holder to the upper pulley of the second guide rail, the another sheath configured to cover a portion of a second cable that extends from the holder to the upper pulley of the second guide rail, wherein the holder further comprises another sheath stop configured to engage an end of the another sheath.

A window lifter comprising:

• a first guide rail and a second guide rails, the first guide rail having an upper pulley located proximate to an upper end of the first guide rail and a lower pulley located proximate to a lower end of the first guide rail, and wherein the second guide rail has an upper pulley located proximate to an upper end of the second guide rail and a lower pulley located proximate to a lower end of the second guide rail;
• first and second sliders for driving a window, the first and second sliders being guided in translation by the first guide rail and the second guide rail, respectively;
• a cable system for driving the sliders along the first and second guide rails, the cable system comprising a first cable extending at least between the upper pulley of the first guide rail and the lower pulley of the second guide rail:
• a holder integrally formed with the first guide rail, the holder being located between the upper end and the lower end of the first guide rail, wherein the holder is configured to have a sheath stop for engaging an end of a sheath of the first cable, wherein the sheath of the first cable only extends over a portion of the first cable that extends from the holder to the lower pulley of the second guide rail and a portion of the first cable that extends from the holder to the upper pulley of the first guide rail is not covered by the sheath or any other cable sheath;
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• a drum configured for engaging the cable system and for driving the first and second sliders by the cable system, wherein the cable system further comprises a second cable extending between the second slider of the second guide rail and the drum by way of the upper pulley of the second guide rail, wherein the first cable and the second cable intersecting each other at the holder.