Movable or removable closures – With operator for movably mounted closure – Operator drives closure along guide
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-30
2010-12-21
Redman, Jerry (Department: 3634)
Movable or removable closures
With operator for movably mounted closure
Operator drives closure along guide
C296S155000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07854093
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.
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Eguchi Hiroshi
Nagamoto Satoshi
Sekine Yoshitaka
Urano Yoshitaka
Yoshida Yasushi
McCormick Paulding & Huber LLP
MITSUBA Corporation
Redman Jerry
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