Kuster + Co. Gmbh

Kuester & Co.

Klaus Kuster

A bowden-cable window-lifter drive including a cable reel in a covered housing. The reel is provided at its end face with drive pins and a coupling component connected to it so as to rotate jointly with a crank bolt engaging between the drive pins. The drive is characterized in that the crank bolt and the coupling component are two separate parts which, in the fully assembled state, are joined by a serration or the like to rotate together. In a pre-assembled condition, only the cable reel, the coupling component and a braking spring are contained in the cable-reel housing. Following installation of the window lifter in the vehicle door, the crank bolt is inserted from the door inner wall into the drive until the serrations at the crank bolt and at the coupling component are aligned.

Bowden-cable window-lifter drive for vehicles

An improved curved cable support member adapted to the ends of the rail guides of a Bowden window lift. This support member (2) comprises at least one projecting first catch means at its side facing the rail guide (1), the projecting catch means is undercut so that a free gap about the material thickness of the guide rail (1) exists between a free-standing lip (3) and the body of the support member, and the free-standing lip (3) is provided at its inside with a beak (4) entering a corresponding clearance (5) in the guide rail when the support member is slipped onto the guide rail and secures the support member against being pulled off the guide rail.

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Ehringshausen, Germany

Klaus Kuster