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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2003
Sylvain Chonavel, Thury Harcourt, FR;
Jean-marc Belmont, Jean le Blanc, FR;
Pascal DE Vries, Sandillon, FR;
Yi-hwa Chu, Ouzouer sur Loire, FR;
Frederic Burkat, Bouzy la Foret, FR;
Sylvain Chonavel, Thury Harcourt, FR;
Jean-Marc Belmont, Jean le Blanc, FR;
Pascal De Vries, Sandillon, FR;
Yi-Hwa Chu, Ouzouer sur Loire, FR;
Frederic Burkat, Bouzy la Foret, FR;
ArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems - France, Sully-sur-Lorie, FR;
Abstract
A vehicle door is assembled by immobilizing a cable drum with a wedge and then coupling the wedged drum to a drive member. A cable is wound onto the drum either before or after the positioning of the wedge. The A drive member is then coupled to the wedged drum. After coupling, the drive member is fixed to the vehicle door. The window guide structure can also be inserted between the inner panel and an outer panel of the vehicle door. The wedge can be removed from the window guide structure, or alternately, the wedge can be fixed to the window guide structure. Alternately, the method further includes the steps of placing the cable in deflection pulleys before the steps of positioning the wedge and winding the cable. The drive member is pivotally mounted to the inner panel about an axis offset relative to the rotational axis of the drum, and the cable is tensioned by pivoting the drive member about the offset axis. The drive member is then fixed to the inner panel of the vehicle door. Essentially, a pre-assembled intermediate window drive is created that facilitates mounting to the vehicle door.