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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2008
Yasushi Yoshida, Kiryu, JP;
Yoshitaka Sekine, Kiryu, JP;
Yoshitaka Urano, Kiryu, JP;
Hiroshi Eguchi, Kiryu, JP;
Satoshi Nagamoto, Kiryu, JP;
Yasushi Yoshida, Kiryu, JP;
Yoshitaka Sekine, Kiryu, JP;
Yoshitaka Urano, Kiryu, JP;
Hiroshi Eguchi, Kiryu, JP;
Satoshi Nagamoto, Kiryu, JP;
MITSUBA Corporation, Kiryu-shi, JP;
Abstract
An automatic opening/closing apparatus for vehicle, which is provided with a tensioner mechanism for applying a predetermined tension to a cable member, is downsized. A case of a driving unit is provided with a tensioner housing, and the tensioner mechanism for applying the predetermined tension to a cable is accommodated in the tensioner housing. The tensioner mechanism includes a pulley holder movably mounted on a guide shaft, and a spring for biasing the pulley holder, wherein a movable pulley is rotatably supported by the pulley holder. The cable drawn in the tensioner housing is wound about the movable pulley so that a direction in which the cable is drawn out from the case is substantially parallel to a direction in which the cable is drawn out from a driving drum, whereby the predetermined tension is applied to the cable by a spring force of the spring.