Door opening and closing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9828796-B2
Application number	US-201414777734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2014
Priority date	Aug 6, 2014
Publication date	Nov 28, 2017
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017

Abstract

A door opening and closing apparatus includes a rail module including: a rail member extending along a front-and-rear direction; a drive device mounted on the rail member; and a supporting member coupled to a closing cable a part of which is wound around the rotating drum and that is hung on a closing inversion member and an opening cable a part of which is wound around the rotating drum and that is hung on an opening inversion member. The rail module is provided with the drive device fastened to an outside of a vehicle body such that a part of the drive device goes inside the vehicle body through an opening provided on the vehicle body. An outer diameter of the rotating drum of the drive device is made smaller than a maximum diameter of a deceleration mechanism for making the rotating drum rotate forward and backward.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A door opening and closing apparatus comprising
a rail module including:
a rail member extending along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body;
a drive device mounted on the rail member and including a rotating drum; and
a supporting member, for supporting a door, coupled to:
a closing cable, a part of which is wound around the rotating drum and that is hung on a first pulley provided on one end portion of the rail member;
an opening cable, a part of which is wound around the rotating drum and that is hung on a second pulley provided on another end portion of the rail member, the supporting member being configured to move along a longitudinal direction of the rail member by rotating the rotating drum of the drive device, the door opening and closing apparatus moving the door to open and close with movement of the supporting member, and, wherein the supporting member includes

a first support base including a first fastening piece, and a second support base including a second fastening piece, the first and second fastening pieces extending substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and extending from the first support base and the second support base respectively, wherein the first support base and the second support base are coupled to each other via the first and second fastening pieces, wherein

the rail member of the rail module is fastened to an outside surface of the vehicle body,
a part of the drive device is arranged inside the vehicle body through an opening provided on the vehicle body, and
an outer diameter of the rotating drum of the drive device is smaller than a maximum diameter of a deceleration mechanism for making the rotating drum rotate forward and backward, wherein
the supporting member is directly connected to the rail member and is coupled to a coupling portion to which the opening cable is directly coupled,
the coupling portion is configured to swing around a shaft extending along a height direction of the vehicle body, and
the coupling portion is coupled to the supporting member via the shaft.

Assignees

• Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corp

Inventors

• Seto Naoya
• Ishigaki Hiroshi

Classifications

• E05F15/689

  specially adapted for vehicle windows · CPC title

• E05Y2201/668

  Pulleys; Wheels · CPC title

• B60J5/125

  for utility vehicles or public transport (B60J5/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E05Y2800/12

  Sealing · CPC title

• E05Y2201/434

  Electromotors; Details thereof · CPC title