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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen J Wisner, Harrison Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
49362 ; 49118 ;
Abstract
A power drive system for driving the sliding rear windows in a pick-up truck includes a rack and pinion drive. In one embodiment, there are two sliding window portions, each associated with individual racks. Preferably, the single pinion drives both racks. In a second embodiment a single central window is utilized. Again, a rack and pinion preferably drives the window.