US 12,263,727 B2
Vehicle opening and closing body driving device
Taishi Isono, Kariya (JP); Shinji Kazama, Kariya (JP); and Akinori Suzuki, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/822,916.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-162801 (JP), filed on Oct. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0104054 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 5/06 (2006.01); E05F 15/643 (2015.01); E05F 15/655 (2015.01)
CPC B60J 5/06 (2013.01) [E05F 15/643 (2015.01); E05F 15/655 (2015.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle opening and closing body driving device comprising:
an annular driving belt including a coupling portion coupled to an opening and closing body of a vehicle and configured to be rotationally driven; and
a guide frame having a sliding contact surface with which the driving belt is in sliding contact and extending in an opening and closing operation direction of the opening and closing body, wherein
the sliding contact surface is provided with a low sliding resistance portion having a plurality of recessed portions, and
the low sliding resistance portion includes, as the plurality of recessed portions, a plurality of linear grooves extending in a sliding direction of the driving belt.