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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stefan Armbruster, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Kornelia Greulich, Essen, DE;
Assignee:
Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/06 ; E05F 1/154 ; F16D 1/336 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/06 ; E05F 1/154 ; F16D 1/336 ;
Abstract
A cable drive for a motor vehicle having a body and a door slidable outside the body has a rotatable shaft projecting through the body and having an outer end outside the vehicle adjacent the door and an inside end inside the vehicle. A drum outside the vehicle is mounted on the outside end and a cable wholly outside the vehicle is wound around the drum and connected to the door so that rotation of the drum and shaft in one direction slides the door into a closed position and opposite movement slides it into an open position. A motor unit wholly inside the vehicle is connected to the inside shaft end to rotate the shaft.