Window lifter drive for motor vehicles and the like

• US 4,503,732 A
• Filed: 11/04/1982
• Issued: 03/12/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Schust, Gerhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Application Number:
  US06/439,301
• Time in Patent Office: 859 Days
• Field of Search: 49/352, 49/348, 49/349, 74/505, 74/625, 254/339, 254/375, 242/54 R
• US Class Current: 74/625
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 11/382 for vehicle windows E05F11/40 - E05F11/52 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 11/483 by cables
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/654 Cables
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/664 Drums
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/676 Transmission of human force
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/12 Sealing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/55 Windows
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/2048 Gear, drum, and cable

Abstract

In a window lifter drive for motor vehicles a base member contains a cable drum to which a manual crank handle drive or a motor drive can be selectively secured. The base member includes a housing enclosing the cable driven with an opening on one side for a pinion on the crank handle drive. The housing has an opening on the opposite side for a driving claw part of the motor drive. Each of the pinion and the driving claw part can act directly on the cable drum.

Claims

1. Window lifter drive such as used in motor vehicles, comprising a housing and a driving member mounted in said housing and having an axis of rotation, said housing having a first side wall on one side of the housing and second side wall on the opposite side of the housing, a manual crank handle drive being selectively securable to said first side wall in permanent driving engagement with said driving member, and a motor drive being selectively securable to said second side wall in permanent driving engagement with said driving member, whereby a manually operable window lifter drive is obtainable by only securing said manual crank handle drive to said housing and a motor operable window lifter drive is obtainable by only securing said motor drive to said housing, said crank handle drive includes a pinion selectively engageable with said driving member, a crank handle, and a clutch connecting said crank handle and said pinion, said clutch comprising a loop spring brake, said clutch including a first clutch part rigidly connected with said pinion and a second clutch part rigidly connected with said crank handle, said loop spring brake includes a loop spring brake jacket fixed to said housing, a bearing section is fastened to said loop spring brake jacket, said driving member comprises a cable drum having a central recess therein, said bearing section projects into said central recess in said cable drum, said crank handle drive includes a pinion extending into said central recess and rotatably supported in said bearing section, said bearing section having an opening therethrough, said crank handle drive including a pinion pin disposed in axial alignment with and supported in the opening in said bearing section, and said pinion is rotatably supported on said pinion pin.

2. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said housing is divided into a first part and a second part secured together in a plane extending transversely of the axis of rotation of said driving member and said first part forming said first side wall and said second part forming said second side wall, said first side wall having an opening therethrough, said second side wall having an opening therethrough, said crank handle drive having a pinion insertable through the opening in said first side wall into a driving contact with said driving member, and said motor drive having a driving member insertable through said opening in said second side wall into a driving contact with said driving member.

3. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said first and second parts of said housing are clipped together.

4. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said pinion and said first clutch part is rotatably mounted relative to said second clutch part.

5. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said bearing section is riveted to said loop spring brake jacket.

6. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said crank handle drive includes a flange extending transversely of the axis of rotation of said driving member, and a crank handle, said flange located between said crank handle and said loop spring brake jacket.

7. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the pinion bolt connects said crank handle and said pinion, said pinion bolt having a circumferentially extending groove formed in the outside surface thereof, and barb-shaped radially inwardly directed elastically yielding projections are formed on said housing for engagement within said groove on said pinion bolt.

8. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said motor drive comprises a bearing shaft, said housing having an opening therein in said second side wall thereof, said driving member having a central bearing opening therein in alignment with the opening in the second side wall of said housing, and said bearing shaft extending through said housing into said central bearing opening in said driving member with said bearing shaft rotatably supported within said central bearing opening.

9. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 8, wherein said bearing shaft having a first end thereof mounted in said central bearing opening, said motor drive includes a motor drive hood, said bearing shaft having a second end thereof rotatably supported in said motor drive hood, and said motor drive hood is attachable to said housing.

10. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 8, wherein said motor drive includes a worm wheel supported on said bearing shaft.

11. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 10, wherein said motor drive includes a driving claw part engageable with said driving member for connecting said worm wheel to said driving member.

12. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 11, wherein an elastic intermediate part is provided between said worm wheel and said driving claw part.

13. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 11, wherein an elastic intermediate part is provided between said driving claw part and said driving member.

14. Window lifter drive as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first side wall has an opening therethrough, said crank handle drive having a first coupling means insertable through said opening in said first side wall for coupling movement of said crank handle drive with said driving element and wherein said second side wall has an opening therethrough, said motor drive having a second coupling means insertable through said opening in said second side wall for coupling movement of said motor drive with said driving member.

15. Window lifter drive as set forth in claim 14, wherein said driving element is rotatably mounted on said first side wall and on said second side wall of said housing.

16. Window lifter drive as set forth in claim 14, wherein said crank handle drive has a pinion insertable through said opening in said first side wall, and said driving member has an interior toothing therein facing the opening in said first side wall for meshed engagement with said pinion.

17. Window lifter drive as set forth in claim 16, wherein said motor drive has a driving claw part insertable through the opening in said second wall, and said driving member has a recess for receiving said driving claw part for joint rotation of said driving member and said driving claw part.

18. Window lifter drive as set forth in claim 17, wherein said driving member is a cable drum.

19. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 18, wherein said cable drum having a first side and a second side with each of said sides extending transversely of the axis of rotation of said cable drum, said cable drum having a radially outer circumferentially extending surface, and said outer circumferentially surface having an annular surface thereon adjacent each of said first and second sides of said cable drum and corresponding surfaces formed on the interior of said housing in contact with said annular surfaces of said cable drum for rotatably supporting said cable drum.

20. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 18, wherein said housing comprising a bearing projection extending inwardly from one of said first side wall and second side wall thereof, and said cable drum having a radially inner circumferential surface therein in contact with said bearing projection on said housing for rotatably supporting said cable drum.

21. Window lifter drive such as used in motor vehicles, comprising a housing and a driving member mounted in said housing and having an axis of rotation, said housing having a first side wall on one side of the housing and a second side wall on the opposite side of the housing, a manual crank handle drive being selectively securable to said first side wall in permanent driving engagement with said driving member, and a motor drive being selectively securable to said second side wall in permanent driving engagement with said driving member, wherein a manually operable window lifter drive is obtainable by only securing said manual crank handle drive to said housing and a motor operable window lifter drive is obtainable by only securing said motor drive to said housing, said first side wall has an opening therethrough, said crank handle drive having a first coupling means insertable through said opening in said first side wall for coupling movement of said crank handle drive with said driving element and wherein said second side wall has an opening therethrough, said motor drive having a second coupling means insertable through said opening in said second side wall for coupling movement of said motor drive with said driving member, said crank handle drive has a pinion insertable through said opening in said first side wall, and said driving member has an interior toothing therein facing the opening in said first side wall for meshed engagement with said pinion, said motor drive has a driving claw part insertable through the opening in said second wall, and said driving member has a recess for receiving said driving claw part for joint rotation of said driving member and said driving claw part, said driving member is a cable drum, said housing comprising a bearing projection extending inwardly from one of said first side wall and a second side wall thereof, and said cable drum having a radially inner circumferential surface therein in contact with said bearing projection on said housing for rotatably supporting said cable drum, said crank handle drive includes a pinion insertable into said cable drum for driving said cable drum, and said pinion is rotatably supported within said housing in said bearing projection.

22. Window lifter drive such as used in motor vehicles, comprising a housing and a driving member mounted in said housing and having an axis of rotation, said housing having a first side wall on one side of the housing and a second side wall on the opposite side of the housing, a manual crank handle drive being selectively securable to said first side wall in permanent driving engagement with said driving member, and a motor drive being selectively securable to said second side wall in permanent driving engagement with said driving member, whereby a manually operable window lifter drive is obtainable by only securing said manual crank handle drive to said housing and a motor operable window lifter drive is obtainable by only securing said motor drive to said housing, said crank handle drive includes a crank handle and a pinion fixed to said crank handle, said pinion includes a pinion pin projecting from the end thereof remote from said crank handle, said housing includes a bearing section having a bearing opening therein, and said pinion pin is supported in the bearing opening in said bearing section.

23. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 22, including means mounted on said pinion pin on the opposite side of said bearing section from said crank handle for securing said pinion pin against axial displacement in the direction of said crank handle.

24. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 23, wherein said means comprises a self-locking disc secured on said pinion pin with said disc bearing against said bearing section.

25. Window lifter drive such as used in motor vehicles, comprising a housing, a driving member having an axis of rotation mounted in said housing, and a manual crank handle drive and a motor drive for driving said driving member, wherein the improvement comprises that said housing has a first side and a second side extending transversely of the axis of rotation of said driving member, one of said manual crank handle drive and motor drive is selectively securable to said first side of said housing in driving engagement with said driving member, and the other one of said manual crank handle drive and motor drive is selectively securable to said second side of said housing in driving engagement with said driving member, said motor drive comprises a bearing shaft, said housing having an opening therein in said second side thereof, said driving member having a central bearing opening therein in alignment with the opening in the second side of said housing, and said bearing shaft extending through said housing into said central bearing opening in said driving member with said bearing shaft rotatably supported within said central bearing opening, said motor drive includes a worm wheel supported on said bearing shaft, said motor drive includes a driving claw part engageable with said driving member for connecting said worm wheel to said driving member, an elastic intermediate part is provided between said worm wheel and said driving claw part, said elastic intermediate part laterally encircles said bearing shaft and has a radially inner and a radially outer circumference, the radially outer circumference of said elastic intermediate part has an annular sealing section for effecting a seal between said motor drive hood and said housing.

26. Window lifter drive, as set forth in claim 25, wherein an annular film connection part connects said annular sealing section with said elastic intermediate part located radially inwardly of said film connection part so that said film connection part can separate said annular sealing section from said elastic intermediate part located radially inwardly therefrom.

27. Window lifter drive such as used in motor vehicles, comprising a housing, a driving member having an axis of rotation mounted in said housing, and a manual crank handle drive and a motor drive for driving said driving member, wherein the improvement comprises that said housing has a first side and a second side extending transversely of the axis of rotation of said driving member, one of said manual crank handle drive and motor drive is selectively securable to said first side of said housing in driving engagement with said driving member, and the other one of said manual crank handle drive and motor drive is selectively securable to said second side of said housing in driving engagement with said driving member, said driving member is a cable drum, said cable drum has a first side and a second side each extending transversely of the axis of rotation thereof, said first side of said cable drum is supported on said first side of said housing and said second side of said cable drum is supported on said second side of said housing and each of said first side and second side of said housing having an opening therethrough in communication with said cable drum, each of said first and second sides of said cable drum have an axially extending annular projection thereon spaced radially outwardly from the opening in the adjacent said side of said housing and arranged to contact the adjacent side of said housing.