| US 7,500,331 B2 | ||
| Self-driving closure device | ||
| Ritsurou Hiramatsu, Toyokawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to ASMO Co., Ltd., Shizuoka-pref. (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/373,975. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-077496 (JP), filed on Mar. 17, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0207183 A1, Sep. 21, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. E05F 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 49—358 | 5 Claims |
| 1. A self-driving closure device comprising:
a drive unit that is fixed to a closure member to open and close the closure member by moving together with the closure member;
and
a cable that connects the drive unit with a power supply connector to energize the drive unit, the cable having an approximately
planiform cross-section, wherein:
the closure member is a window glass installed in a door panel of a vehicle,
the cable is connected to the drive unit at one end and connected to the power supply connector at another end,
the cable is twisted about a longitudinal axis thereof so that a plane of the cable at the one end is rotated with respect
to a plane of the cable at the other end,
the plane of the cable at the one end approximately extends perpendicular to a plane of the door panel,
the plane of the cable at the other end approximately extends parallel to the plane of the door panel, and
at least one end portion of the cable is rotatably connected with the power supply connector or with the drive unit.
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