Window regulator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10753137-B2
Application number	US-201716082450-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2017
Priority date	May 12, 2016
Publication date	Aug 25, 2020
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020

Abstract

A window regulator includes a guide rail fixed to a vehicle door panel and a slider base that supports a window glass and is slidably supported in a longitudinal direction of the guide rail along sliding surfaces on a front and a back of the guide rail. The guide rail includes a sliding portion that has a first sliding surface and a second sliding surface that face one direction and another direction in a vehicle inner-outer direction. The slider base includes a grease injection portion that includes an injection space and a grease receiving portion. The injection space opens to the vehicle inner-outer direction. The first sliding surface of the guide rail is positioned inside the injection space. The grease receiving portion is positioned opposed to the second sliding surface of the guide rail. The grease receiving portion receives a grease injected in the injection space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A window regulator comprising:
a guide rail fixed to a vehicle door panel; and
a slider base that supports a window glass, said slider base being slidably supported in a longitudinal direction of said guide rail, wherein:
said guide rail includes a sliding portion along which said slider base is slidable, said sliding portion including a first sliding surface and a second sliding surface that face one direction and another direction in a vehicle inner-outer direction,
said slider base includes a grease injection portion, and
said grease injection portion includes:
an injection space that opens to the vehicle inner-outer direction, said first sliding surface being positioned inside said injection space; and
a grease receiving portion opposed to said second sliding surface, said grease receiving portion configured to receive a grease injected in said injection space,

wherein said grease receiving portion is an elastically deformable projection projecting from an inner surface of said injection space.

2. A window regulator comprising:
a guide rail fixed to a vehicle door panel; and
a slider base that supports a window glass, said slider base being slidably supported in a longitudinal direction of said guide rail, wherein:
said guide rail includes a sliding portion along which said slider base is slidable, said sliding portion including a first sliding surface and a second sliding surface that face one direction and another direction in a vehicle inner-outer direction,
said slider base includes a grease injection portion, and
said grease injection portion includes:
an injection space that opens to the vehicle inner-outer direction, said first sliding surface being positioned inside said injection space; and
a grease receiving portion opposed to said second sliding surface, said grease receiving portion configured to receive a grease injected in said injection space,

wherein said grease receiving portion has an inclined shape extending in a direction away from said second sliding surface in the vehicle inner-outer direction as said grease receiving portion advances from a base end connected to said inner surface of said injection space to a distal end side.

3. The window regulator according to claim 1 , wherein said guide rail has an edge facing a vehicle front-rear direction and connecting said first sliding surface and said second sliding surface, said edge being positioned inside said injection space.

4. The window regulator according to claim 1 , wherein:
said slider base includes a pair of guide portions on different positions in the longitudinal direction of said guide rail, said pair of guide portions being slidable with respect to said first sliding surface and said second sliding surface; and
said grease injection portion is positioned between said pair of guide portions in the longitudinal direction of said guide rail.

5. A window regulator comprising:
a guide rail fixed to a vehicle door panel; and
a slider base that supports a window glass, said slider base being slidably supported in a longitudinal direction of said guide rail, wherein:
said guide rail includes a sliding portion along which said slider base is slidable, said sliding portion including a first sliding surface and a second sliding surface that face one direction and another direction in a vehicle inner-outer direction,
said slider base includes a grease injection portion, and
said grease injection portion includes:
an injection space that opens to the vehicle inner-outer direction, said first sliding surface being positioned inside said injection space; and
a grease receiving portion opposed to said second sliding surface, said grease receiving portion configured to receive a grease injected in said injection space,

wherein said injection space internally includes a vibration suppressing portion, said vibration suppressing portion being slidable with respect to said first sliding surface.

6. The window regulator according to claim 5 , wherein said grease receiving portion is positioned between a pair of said vibration suppressing portions in the longitudinal direction of said guide rail inside said injection space.

7. A window regulator comprising:
a guide rail fixed to a vehicle door panel; and
a slider base that supports a window glass, said slider base being slidably supported in a longitudinal direction of said guide rail, wherein:
said guide rail includes a sliding portion along which said slider base is slidable, said sliding portion including a first sliding surface and a second sliding surface that face one direction and another direction in a vehicle inner-outer direction,
said slider base includes a grease injection portion, and
said grease injection portion includes:
an injection space that opens to the vehicle inner-outer direction, said first sliding surface being positioned inside said injection space; and
a grease receiving portion opposed to said second sliding surface, said grease receiving portion configured to receive a grease injected in said injection space,

wherein said grease receiving portion is a projection projecting from an inner surface of said injection space.

Assignees

• Shiroki Corp

Inventors

• Muramatsu Atsushi
• Yamamoto Kenji
• Sugita Yoshiki

Classifications

• E05F15/689 Primary

  specially adapted for vehicle windows · CPC title

• E05Y2201/658

  Members cooperating with flexible elongated pulling elements · CPC title

• E05F11/382

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

• E05F11/481 Primary

  for vehicle windows · CPC title

• E05Y2800/412

  against friction · CPC title