Miscellaneous hardware (e.g. – bushing – carpet fastener – caster – Panel hangers – travelers and/or tracks – Covered – hollow or slotted track
Patent
1992-01-13
1993-03-23
Larson, Lowell A.
Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,
Panel hangers, travelers and/or tracks
Covered, hollow or slotted track
16 87, 16 92, 16 93R, 16 96, 49351, E05D 1516
Patent
active
051952114
ABSTRACT:
A device for slidably and pivotably connecting a window regulator arm to a door inner panel includes, a molded plastic slide channel mounted in a slot provided in the door inner panel. The slot defined by spaced apart walls of the door inner panel and extends along the path of desired movement of the window regulator arm. The molded plastic slide channel has a base adapted to engage against the door inner panel and a pair of spaced apart channel walls projecting from the base and through the slot in the door inner panel. The channel walls snap fit against the walls of the slot to retain the slide channel on the door inner panel. The spaced apart channel walls cooperate to define a guide slot therebetween. A slide member is carried by the window regulator arm and slidably engages with the guide channel to enable pivoting and sliding of the regulator arm along the door inner panel. The presence of the slide member between channel walls prevent the disengagement of the channel walls from the slot of the door panel. The slide member is preferably a spherical stud which is fixedly attached to the window regulator arm. The guide slot defined by the spaced apart channels walls preferably define an opened sided cylindrical slot of circular cross section which receives the spherical stud so that the stud may swivel within the channel.
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patent: 3604151 (1971-09-01), Ventre et al.
patent: 3888047 (1975-06-01), Chikaraishi
patent: 4069617 (1978-01-01), Koike
patent: 4633613 (1987-01-01), Kobayashi et al.
General Motors Corporation
Gurley Donald M.
Larson Lowell A.
Leahy Charles E.
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