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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2018
Applicant:
Mitsuba Corporation, Gunma, JP;
Inventors:
Ryo Gokan, Gunma, JP;
Yoshitaka Urano, Gunma, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBA Corporation, Gunma, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/643 (2015.01); E05F 15/655 (2015.01); E05F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/643 (2015.01); E05F 15/655 (2015.01); E05F 7/04 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/654 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/66 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an opening/closing apparatus for vehicles which reduces the size and weight by reducing the number of components and suppresses rattling of an opening/closing body through sliding resistance of cables. A guide plate is provided between a drum and a pulley to direct orientation of a closing-side cable and an opening-side cable drawn out from the drum to the pulley. The guide plate has a sliding contact curved surface with which the cables and are brought into sliding contact, and the guide plate is provided on a swing arm of a pulley case in which the pulley is rotatably housed.