Sliding door module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10060174-B2
Application number	US-201515528891-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 24, 2015
Priority date	Nov 26, 2014
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

A sliding door module includes a resin base coupled to an inner panel of a sliding door, a window glass lifting and lowering device that lifts and lowers a window glass, and a door movement device that moves the sliding door. The window glass lifting and lowering device and the door movement device are coupled to the base.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sliding door module comprising:
a resin base coupled to an inner panel of a sliding door;
a window glass lifting and lowering device configured to lift and lower a window glass; and
a door movement device configured to move the sliding door,
wherein the window glass lifting and lowering device and the door movement device are coupled to the base,
the window glass lifting and lowering device includes first and second cables that pull the window glass, a first drum that winds the first and second cables, a pulley that is located above the first drum and tensions the first and second cables in cooperation with the first drum, and a first motor that rotates the first drum,
the door movement device includes third and fourth cables that pull the sliding door, a second drum that winds the third and fourth cables, and a second motor that rotates the second drum, and
the first motor is located at substantially the same height as the first drum or downward from the first drum.

2. The sliding door module according to claim 1 , wherein the second motor is located downward from a lower extremity of a movement range of the window glass.

3. The sliding door module according to claim 1 , further comprising a door opening/closing device configured to operate a lock device of the sliding door,
wherein the window glass lifting and lowering device is located between the door movement device and the door opening/closing device in a front-to-rear direction.

4. The sliding door module according to claim 1 , further comprising a power supplying device that supplies power to at least the first motor and the second motor, wherein
the power supplying device is located downward from a lower extremity of a movement range of the window glass.

5. The sliding door module according to claim 1 , wherein the pulley of the window glass lifting and lowering device is coupled to the inner panel.

6. The sliding door module according to claim 1 , wherein
the second drum and the second motor are accommodated in a recess of the base, and
the recess is configured to be recessed outward in a vehicle widthwise direction and is located next to the first drum.

7. The sliding door module according to claim 6 , wherein a side wall of the recess includes a through hole through which the third and fourth cables are inserted.

8. The sliding door module according to claim 6 , wherein a bottom of the recess includes a positioning recess that positions an output shaft of the second motor.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Katayama Hidefumi
• Makino Sadayuki
• Shibayama Satoshi
• Negishi Tomohiro
• Chono Katsumi
• Kobatake Takahito
• Asakura Masato

Classifications

• E05Y2900/55

  Windows · CPC title

• E05B83/40

  for sliding doors · CPC title

• E05F15/646

  allowing or involving a secondary movement of the wing, e.g. rotational or transversal · CPC title

• E05F11/382

  for vehicle windows (E05F11/40 - E05F11/52 take precedence) · CPC title

• E05Y2900/531

  Doors · CPC title