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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
May. 28, 1997
Michael Kobrehel, Elkhart, IN (US);
Bruce Bostian, Bristol, IN (US);
Darren Grumm, Cassopolis, MI (US);
Dura Global Technologies, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle door module, built as a preassembled unit, includes a windowpane movable between open and closed positions, an integrated window regulator assembly including a drive mechanism such as a drive motor or hand crank for moving the windowpane between the open and closed positions, a cable assembly, cable routers such as pulleys or sliders, a seal assembly, and a door frame assembly including run channels. The windowpane includes a bracket assembly which is slidably disposed within the run channels. The cable assembly includes a cable connected to the bracket assembly and the drive mechanism for transferring a force of the drive mechanism to the bracket assembly to move the windowpane between the open and closed positions. The cable routers are attached to fore and aft door frames of the door frame assembly and route the cable between the drive mechanism and the bracket assembly. The seal assembly forms a seal between the windowpane and the door frames and between the windowpane and the motor vehicle body. The windowpane may be positioned so that in the closed position, the windowpane is generally flush with an exterior surface of the motor vehicle body. The brackets of the bracket assembly and the run channels may be T, U, J and I shaped in cross section. The cable can be attached to the bracket assembly by a snap fit carrier.