Window regulator
A window regulator includes a guide rail provided on a door of a vehicle and arranged along an ascending/descending direction of a window on the door, a carrier plate that slides on the guide rail and moves together with the window, a drive unit including a drum rotationally driven by a motor, cables coupled to the carrier plate at one end and coupled to the drum at an other end, and a stopper that contacts with a contact portion of the carrier plate at a position where the carrier plate is located when the window is fully closed. The stopper and the guide rail are placed side by side in a front-back direction of the vehicle.
1. A window regulator, comprising:
a guide rail provided on a door of a vehicle and arranged along an ascending/descending direction of a window on the door;
a carrier plate that slides on the guide rail and moves together with the window;
a drive unit comprising a drum rotationally driven by a motor;
cables coupled to the carrier plate at one end and coupled to the drum at an other end; and,
a stopper that contacts with a contact portion of the carrier plate at a position where the carrier plate is located when the window is fully closed; and
a fixing member that comprises a fixed portion and a pair of attached portions, wherein the fixed portion is fixed to a surface of the guide rail opposite to the surface on which the carrier plate slides, and wherein the pair of attached portions extend in a direction of a width of the guide rail respectively from both ends of the fixed member and being attached to the door,
wherein the stopper and the guide rail are placed side by side in a front-back direction of the vehicle,
wherein the stopper is integrated with at least one of the pair of attached portions.
2. The window regulator according to claim 1 , further comprising a cable support member arranged at an upper end of the guide rail to support the cables,
wherein the stopper is integrated with the fixing member that fixes the cable support member to the guide rail.
3. The window regulator according to claim 1 , wherein an elastic body is provided between the contact portion of the carrier plate and the stopper so as to buffer an impact therebetween.