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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1997
Hirofumi Watanabe, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Daisaku Matsuo, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powered sliding device for sliding a vehicle sliding door along a guide rail comprises a base plate fixed to the vehicle body, a wire drum rotatably mounted on the base plate and rotated by a motor, a wire cable provided between the wire drum and the sliding door, a first holder provided in the vicinity of one end of the guide rail and having a first pulley making contact with the wire cable, a second holder provided in the vicinity of the other end of the guide rail and having a second pulley making contact with the wire cable, a tension roller provided on the base plate for making contact with the wire cable by resiliency of a spring, a flexible cable sheath covering the outer periphery of the wire cable between the first holder and the base plate and having one end to be connected to the first holder, a supporting member connected to the other end of the cable sheath. The supporting member is slidably mounted to the base plate in parallel with a running direction of the wire cable.