Johnan Manufacturing Inc.

Mitsuba Corporation

Seiichi Miyamoto

Yasushi Yoshida

Takashi Takizawa

Hiroki Shimizu

Junichi Busujima

Manabu Shimomura

Takeshi Miyagawa

A window regulator () provided in a door () of a vehicle to raise and lower a windowpane () in the door () includes a guide rail () arranged along the travel direction of the windowpane (), a wire () extending along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail (), and a traveling body () that is guided by the guide rail () and travels together with the windowpane (). The traveling body () includes a drum () with a part of the wire () wound thereon, a motor () generating a drive force that rotates and drives the drum (), and a housing () that holds the drum () and the motor (). The motor () is more outwardly situated in a vehicle width direction than the guide rail () in the door ().

Window regulator

A speed reducer () including a gear case () is attached in an electric motor, and a pinion is provided to an output shaft () protruding from the gear case (). A base portion () protruding in a diametrical direction is provided to the gear case () and a support shaft is mounted to the base portion (). A sector gear () is fixed to a base end of a lift arm (), and the sector gear () is swingably supported by the support shaft and meshed with the pinion. In addition, a groove portion () in a circular arc shape is provided to the sector gear (), and a gear cover () is fixed to the gear case () by a bolt () penetrating the groove portion () and a bolt () disposed on an outer periphery side than the sector gear (), and the gear cover () covers a mesh portion of the pinion and the sector gear () and presses the sector gear () toward the gear case ().

Automatic opening and closing apparatus for vehicle

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Ueda, Japan

Seiichi Miyamoto