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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. 09, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
William L. Priest, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Kevin Wright, Detroit, MI (US);
Mark D. Nicholas, Waterford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/518 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/518 ;
Abstract
An automatic sliding door cable mechanism with a take up guide member ( ) mounted in a drum ( ) for taking up slack of a cable during installation of the cable. A second drum ( ) has an elliptical profile drum helix ( ) for increasing durability of the operating cable for the automatic door.