US 12,258,808 B2
Slide door driving device
Kazuyuki Sasaki, Yokohama (JP); and Shinichiro Kita, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION, Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 17/768,977
Filed by MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION, Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/041075
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/106506, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-213129 (JP), filed on Nov. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0102334 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B60J 5/04 (2006.01); E05F 15/643 (2015.01); E05F 15/662 (2015.01)
CPC E05F 15/662 (2015.01) [E05F 15/643 (2015.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive mechanism for driving a sliding door, wherein the sliding door can move along a rail that is provided in a lower part of a vehicle, comprising:
a door opening cable and a door closing cable each having a first end that is fixed to the sliding door; and
a driving portion to which a second end of the door opening cable and a second end of the door closing cable are fixed, wherein the driving portion drives the door opening cable and the door closing cable,
wherein the driving portion includes:
a door opening drum to which the second end of the door opening cable is fixed and onto which the door opening cable is wound;
a door closing drum to which the second end of the door closing cable is fixed and onto which the door closing cable is wound; and
a motor that drives the door opening drum and the door closing drum,
wherein the door opening drum and the door closing drum are arranged along the rail between a front end and a rear end of the rail,
wherein each of the door opening drum and the door closing drum has a rotation axis that extends in a vertical direction,
wherein the rail extends linearly in a section between the rotation axis of the door opening drum and the rotation axis of the door closing drum, and a linear line that connects the rotation axis of the door opening drum and the rotation axis of the door closing drum is parallel to the rail as seen in the vertical direction, and
wherein a rotation axis of the motor is positioned on the linear line.