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Granted Patent B2
US 12,410,651 · App. 18/742,030 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Window regulator

Inventors: Hiroki Shimizu (Ueda, JP); Syugo Tanaka (Ueda, JP)
Assignee: Johnan Manufacturing Inc.
E05F15/6914E05Y2201/11E05Y2900/55
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Patent No.
US 12,410,651
App. No.
18/742,030
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A window regulator installed on a door panel of a vehicle door. The window regulator includes a carrier plate that supports a window glass of the vehicle door, a guide rail that supports the carrier plate in an ascendable and descendible manner, a housing including a rail fitting portion to which an end portion of the guide rail is fitted, and a cover plate that closes a working hole of the door panel. The housing and the cover plate are integrally molded.

Claims (12)

1. A window regulator installed on a door panel of a vehicle door, the window regulator comprising:

a carrier plate that supports a window glass of the vehicle door;

a guide rail that supports the carrier plate in an ascendable and descendible manner;

a housing comprising a rail fitting portion to which an end portion of the guide rail is fitted; and

a cover plate that is attached to the door panel and closes a working hole formed in the door panel,

wherein the housing and the cover plate are integrally molded, and

wherein the housing is attached to the door panel through the cover plate.

2. The window regulator according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a wire to pull the carrier plate; and

a rotating drum that drives the wire by rotating,

wherein the housing further comprises a drum housing portion to house the rotating drum.

3. The window regulator according to claim 1 , wherein the housing and the cover plate are integrally formed by molding a resin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2024
From: SHIMIZU, HIROKI; TANAKA, SYUGO
To: JOHNAN MANUFACTURING INC.
Reel/Frame 067716/0010 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-104457 · Jun 26, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240426158A1 · Dec 26, 2024
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