Movable or removable closures – With operator for movably mounted closure – Operator drives closure along guide
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-09
2005-08-09
Strimbu, Gregory J. (Department: 3634)
Movable or removable closures
With operator for movably mounted closure
Operator drives closure along guide
C242S388800
Reexamination Certificate
active
06925757
ABSTRACT:
A cable drive assembly for opening and closing a sliding vehicle door has first and second drums that are drivingly connected to each other via a tension spring that biases the drums in opposite directions. The drums include a catch that holds the first and second drums in a cocked condition where the spring is tensioned to provide slack in a closed loop cable to facilitate inserting a traveler attached to the cable into a track. The cocked drums are manually rotated in a drum housing in one direction to move the traveler and insert it into the track. After the traveler is inserted, the cocked drums are manually rotated in the opposite direction. This releases the catch so that the tensioned spring takes up the slack in the closed loop cable.
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European Search Report for European Application No. EP 03077837.
Lindsay Theodore J.
Nicholas Mark D.
Priest William L.
Wright Kevin
Delphi Technologies Inc.
McBain Scott A.
Strimbu Gregory J.
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