Edge drive cable window regulator assembly
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Mar 25, 1997
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Oct 31, 1995
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Oct 31, 1995
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A cable regulator assembly for controlling the vertical travel of a windowpane in the window opening of a motor vehicle has a cable support structure comprising first and second guide rail members extending vertically from laterally-spaced attachment to a lateral bridging member. The lateral bridging member, first guide rail member and second guide rail member cooperatively form an integral, rigid U-shaped structure. A regulator cable is mounted by suitable cable guide means for driven travel in a U-shaped travel path along the cable support structure. First and second gliders are attached to the regulator cable for cable-driven vertical travel along guide rails formed by the guide rail members. The gliders provide mounting means for attachment to the windowpane. The U-shaped cable support structure and corresponding U-shaped travel path of the regulator cable leave the center area of a door cavity advantageously clear of regulator assembly components. In addition, the rigid, integrated cable support structure provides excellent parallelism between the guide rails for improved regulator assembly performance characteristics, and optional rigid attachment of the windowpane to both gliders. The regulator cable is advantageously protected by the rigid lateral member bridging between the two guide rails.
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