Movable or removable closures – Movable closure and its support transferable as unit
Patent
1995-01-19
1997-03-25
Kannan, Philip C.
Movable or removable closures
Movable closure and its support transferable as unit
49130, 49360, E06B 100
Patent
active
056133235
ABSTRACT:
A window assembly for a motor vehicle body enclosing a passenger compartment has a structural frame mounting a sliding pane. Guide means are provided for guiding the sliding pane as it slides between its open and closed positions. The guide means includes kick-out means for forcibly guiding the sliding pane toward an offset, substantially parallel plane upon initial movement of the sliding pane from its closed position toward its open position. Such initial offset facilitates mounting of the sliding pane in its closed position in a plane substantially flush with an adjacent fixed position pane or other object of the window assembly of the vehicle body. Pull/pull type drive means are provided for operating the sliding pane. Specifically, a cable-and-drum drive mechanism of the window assembly includes a drive cable wrapped around a drive drum and attached to the sliding pane. The sliding pane is pulled open by rotation of the drive drum in a first rotational direction and is pulled closed by reverse rotation of the drive drum. The drive drum is rotatable mounted in a recess in the frame of the window assembly and at least a portion of the drive cable extends from the sliding pane to the drive drum in a cable channel within the frame.
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Excel Industries Inc.
Kannan Philip C.
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