Power slide window

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11261633-B2
Application number	US-201917261617-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2019
Priority date	Jul 31, 2018
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

To provide a power slide window in which the projecting dimension of the guide rail from the panel surface is small, the guide rail ( 4 ) defines a pin guide groove ( 26 ) that includes a groove main portion ( 26 a ) extending along a panel surface ( 2 b ) and at least one groove extension portion ( 26 b ) configured to drive a slide panel ( 3 ) in a direction to approach the window glass pane ( 2 ) via a pin ( 16 ) when the slide panel reaches the vicinity of the closed position. A slider guide groove ( 27 ) provided in the guide rail 4 to allow sliding of the slider 20 which is slidingly driven in the opening and closing direction and a groove main portion ( 26 a ) of a pin guide groove ( 26 ) are formed at least partially in common with each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power slide window for opening and closing an opening provided in a window glass pane with a slide panel, the power slide window comprising:
a guide rail provided on the window glass pane to define a pin guide groove that extends along a panel surface of the window glass pane in an opening and closing direction;
at least one pin projecting from the slide panel along the panel surface in a direction crossing the opening and closing direction to engage the pin guide groove;
a slider slidably provided in a slider guide groove provided in the guide rail and configured to be slidingly driven by a drive source in the opening and closing direction; and
at least one pin drive groove formed in the slider to receive the at least one pin, the at least one pin drive groove extending in a direction crossing the panel surface,
wherein the pin guide groove includes a groove main portion extending along the panel surface and at least one groove extension portion extending from the groove main portion to drive the slide panel in a direction to approach the window glass pane via the at least one pin when the slide panel reaches a vicinity of a closed position,
the groove main portion of the pin guide groove and the slider guide groove are formed to have same widths as each other in the direction crossing the panel surface and arranged at positions overlapping with each other in the opening and closing direction so as to be made at least partially in common with each other in the opening and closing direction,
the at least one groove extension portion is connected to an end portion of the groove main portion on a side of the closed position,
the slider guide groove includes a slider-dedicated groove portion that extends in a direction of extension of the groove main portion beyond the end portion of the groove main portion on the side of the closed position,
the slider-dedicated groove portion is formed to be shallower than the groove main portion and the at least one groove extension portion, and
the at least one pin has a projection length larger than a depth of the slider-dedicated groove portion.

2. The power slide window according to claim 1 , wherein the slider includes a main plate member made of metal and at least one sliding member made of resin and attached to the main plate member to project into the slider guide groove, the main plate member being provided with the at least one pin drive groove,
an end portion of at least one cable for transmitting power of the drive source is coupled to the slider within the slider guide groove, and
the main plate member is provided with at least one bent piece formed by bending, the at least one bent piece projecting into the at least one sliding member and locking the end portion of the at least one cable.

3. The power slide window according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one sliding member is provided with a projecting portion projecting into the slider guide groove and a pair of flange portions slidably contacting the guide rail outside the slider guide groove.

4. The power slide window according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one pin includes a first pin provided on a closing direction side of the slide panel and a second pin provided on an opening direction side of the slide panel,
the at least one groove extension portion includes a first groove extension portion connected to the end portion of the groove main portion on the side of the closed position to guide the first pin when the slide panel reaches the vicinity of the closed position and a second groove extension portion connected to a longitudinally intermediate part of the groove main portion to guide the second pin when the slide panel reaches the vicinity of the closed position,
the main plate member is provided with two pin drive grooves to drive the first pin and the second pin,
the at least one sliding member includes two sliding members arranged on both sides of the two pin drive grooves in the opening and closing direction,
the at least one cable includes two cables arranged on both sides of the two sliding members in the opening and closing direction, and
the at least one bent piece includes two bent pieces locking enlarged diameter portions formed on two end portions of the two cables.

5. A power slide window for opening and closing an opening provided in a window glass pane with a slide panel, the power slide window comprising:
a guide rail provided on the window glass pane to define a pin guide groove that extends along a panel surface of the window glass pane in an opening and closing direction;
at least one pin projecting from the slide panel along the panel surface in a direction crossing the opening and closing direction to engage the pin guide groove;
a slider slidably provided in a slider guide groove provided in the guide rail and configured to be slidingly driven by a drive source in the opening and closing direction; and
at least one pin drive groove formed in the slider to receive the at least one pin, the at least one pin drive groove extending in a direction crossing the panel surface,
wherein the pin guide groove includes a groove main portion extending along the panel surface and at least one groove extension portion extending from the groove main portion to drive the slide panel in a direction to approach the window glass pane via the at least one pin when the slide panel reaches a vicinity of a closed position,
the groove main portion of the pin guide groove and the slider guide groove are formed to have same widths as each other in the direction crossing the panel surface and arranged at positions overlapping with each other in the opening and closing direction so as to be made at least partially in common with each other in the opening and closing direction,
the slider includes a main plate member made of metal and at least one sliding member made of resin and attached to the main plate member to project into the slider guide groove, the main plate member being provided with the at least one pin drive groove,
an end portion of at least one cable for transmitting power of the drive source is coupled to the slider within the slider guide groove,
the main plate member is provided with at least one bent piece formed by bending, the at least one bent piece projecting into the at least one sliding member and locking the end portion of the at least one cable, and
the at least one sliding member is provided with a projecting portion projecting into the slider guide groove and a pair of flange portions slidably contacting the guide rail outside the slider guide groove.

Assignees

• Yachiyo Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kuroda Atsushi
• Nakamura Teruyuki
• Kamioka Hirotaka
• Nakamura Keiichiro

Classifications

• B60J1/1853 Primary

  horizontally in direction transverse to vehicle longitudinal axis · CPC title

• E05F15/646

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

• E05D15/066 Primary

  for wings supported at the bottom · CPC title

• E05F15/60

  using electrical actuators · CPC title

• E05D2015/1055

  with slanted or curved track sections or cams · CPC title