A powered actuator for moving a motor vehicle closure panel from a closed position to an open position and method of construction thereof. Powered actuator includes an electric motor configured to rotate a driven shaft and a gearbox coupled to the driven shaft. An extensible member extends through the gearbox to a proximal end on one side of the gearbox for attachment to one of a vehicle body or the closure member and to a distal end on an opposite side of the gearbox. Extensible member is configured to move between retracted and extended positions in response to rotation of the driven shaft. A contamination cover enshrouds the extensible member between the gearbox and the distal end of the extensible member. Contamination cover moves between an axially extended state and an axially retracted state while the extensible member moves between the respective retracted position and the extended position.

An object is to suppress rattling of a lid due to a clearance in a link mechanism. A lid opening/closing device includes an actuator box in which an actuator is housed, and a link mechanism interposed between the actuator and a lid. The link mechanism includes a shaft member extending between the actuator box and a lid box. The lid box has a fitting hole into which another axial end portion of the shaft member mounted to the actuator box at one axial end portion thereof before assembly between both boxes is inserted. Both boxes have a guide portion for guiding both boxes during the assembly by inserting the shaft member into the fitting hole. The guide portion has a rotation guide portion for rotating the actuator box about an axis of the shaft member toward a lid closing side with respect to the lid box during the assembly.

An adjustable guide device, which serves for guiding a sliding element, such as a sliding door, with a mounting body that is mountable on the floor, a guide member that is pivotally connected to the mounting part and is designed for interacting with the lower side of the sliding element, and a locking element, with which the connection between the mounting part and the guide member is fixable or releasable. The guide member comprises a guide body and a guide foot, which are connected with one another, which guide body comprises a guide column that is aligned along a guide axis (y) and which guide foot is seated on an upper side of the mounting body and is pivotally connected by a joint element to the mounting body so that the guide foot can be turned around a pivot axis (x), which is distant from the guide axis (y).

A window regulator assembly of a motor vehicle includes a guide rail on which a slide shoe is longitudinally movably mounted. The slide shoe has a main bracket which is mounted on the guide rail, and has a clamping arrangement. The clamping arrangement includes a clamping bracket connected to the main bracket and includes a pressure plate disposed parallel to the clamping bracket. A clamping component is clamped between the clamping bracket and the pressure plate. The clamping component holds a window pane. The clamping component has a holding surface which is disposed parallel to the pressure plate and a spacing between the holding surface and the clamping bracket is adjustable. A slide shoe of a window regulator assembly is also provided.

A door assembly compensates for any deflection of the track which may occur with a heavy door material and/or a curved door support track. In particular, the present disclosure provides track mounting assemblies which can be tilted in order to fine tune the orientation of the door with respect to the surrounding support structure, e.g., the bathtub or shower base threshold. If the curved track deflects from the weight of one or more sliding doors, the track can be tilted to ensure that the door remains level and functions as intended.

A sliding door system is disclosed which includes an adjustable breakout device that is configured to change the suspension angle of one or more door panels of the sliding door system. The adjustable breakout device may include a support bar configured to extend vertically along the door panel, a housing configured to be mounted on an upper portion of the support bar, a bracket configured to be mounted on the upper portion of the support bar and within a portion of the housing, a set screw configured to pass through the housing and through the upper portion of the support bar, and a pivot configured to pass through the bracket. The set screw may be adjusted to cause the support bar to rotate about the pivot and therefore change the suspension angle of the one or more door panels.

A powered actuator for moving a motor vehicle closure panel from a closed position to an open position and method of construction thereof. Powered actuator includes an electric motor configured to rotate a driven shaft and a gearbox coupled to the driven shaft. An extensible member extends through the gearbox to a proximal end on one side of the gearbox for attachment to one of a vehicle body or the closure member and to a distal end on an opposite side of the gearbox. Extensible member is configured to move between retracted and extended positions in response to rotation of the driven shaft. A contamination cover enshrouds the extensible member between the gearbox and the distal end of the extensible member. Contamination cover moves between an axially extended state and an axially retracted state while the extensible member moves between the respective retracted position and the extended position.

A powered actuator for moving a motor vehicle closure panel from a closed position to an open position and method of construction thereof. Powered actuator includes an electric motor configured to rotate a driven shaft and a gearbox coupled to the driven shaft. An extensible member extends through the gearbox to a proximal end on one side of the gearbox for attachment to one of a vehicle body or the closure member and to a distal end on an opposite side of the gearbox. Extensible member is configured to move between retracted and extended positions in response to rotation of the driven shaft. A contamination cover enshrouds the extensible member between the gearbox and the distal end of the extensible member. Contamination cover moves between an axially extended state and an axially retracted state while the extensible member moves between the respective retracted position and the extended position.

The displacement device (10), which is provided for the installation in a door compartment (18) of a functional entity (1), comprises a drive device (2) preferably comprising a housing (210), a spring mechanism (211), a pull cord pulley (212) coupled to the spring mechanism (211), and a pull cord (22), which is wound onto the pull cord pulley (212) and is guided preferably via at least one deflection pulley (231, 232, 233) up to a holding element (33, 339; 72), a mounting profile (14), which is connected or connectable by mounting hinges (131) to a single-part or multi-part door (11), which is held vertically aligned and displaceable by a holding device (4); which is connected on an upper end piece to an upper guide carriage (5) that is supported displaceably on an upper guide rail (15) and/or which is connected on a lower end piece to a lower guide carriage (6) that is supported displaceably on a lower guide rail (16); and which, connected to the drive device (2), is automatically displaceable between a rear-sided end position (S2) at the rear-side of the displacement device (10) and a front-sided end position (S1) at the front-side of the displacement device (10); and

an adjustment device (3, X3), with which a pre-tension on the spring mechanism (211) of the drive device (2) can be set. According to the invention the adjustment device (3, 3X) is arranged separated from the drive device (2) and comprises an adjustment element (33, X33) which is rotatable and lockable or displaceable and lockable and which adjustment element (33, X33) cooperates with the pull cord (22) led out of the drive device (2) in such a way that the pull cord (22) is pullable out of the drive device (2) by rotation or displacement of the adjustment element (33, X33) to set a corresponding pre-tension of the spring mechanism (211).

A device for a frameless vehicle door includes a counter bearing, a guide rail mounted thereon for a window regulator, and an adjusting device for inclining the guide rail along an adjusting direction oriented obliquely to the counter bearing. The adjusting device can be actuated by a tool. An access direction of the tool is oriented obliquely to the adjusting direction. The adjusting device has at least two adjusting components that can be moved relative to one another, namely, a threaded bolt oriented along the adjusting direction and at least one threaded nut screwed thereon. One of the adjusting components is fixed to the guide rail or the counter bearing for conjoint rotation, and the other is rotatably mounted. The rotatably mounted adjusting component has a drive contour and can be driven by to axially adjust the adjusting components with respect to one another along the adjusting direction.