US 12,078,002 B2
Sliding door drive 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 Feb. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/591,763.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-032564 (JP), filed on Mar. 2, 2021; and application No. 2021-144031 (JP), filed on Sep. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0282548 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. E05F 15/643 (2015.01); B60J 5/06 (2006.01); E05D 15/06 (2006.01); E05F 15/655 (2015.01)
CPC E05F 15/643 (2015.01) [B60J 5/06 (2013.01); E05D 15/06 (2013.01); E05F 15/655 (2015.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sliding door drive device being fixed to a body panel of a vehicle and moving a sliding door of the vehicle in an opening direction and a closing direction, the sliding door drive device comprising:
a guide frame being curved in such a way that an end of the guide frame in the closing direction is positioned more inward in a vehicle widthwise direction than an end in the opening direction when the guide frame is fixed to the body panel;
a first driven pulley and a second driven pulley being supported at both ends of the guide frame in a longitudinal direction, respectively;
a belt being wrapped around the first driven pulley and the second driven pulley; and
a belt drive part driving the belt, wherein
the guide frame includes a guide wall guiding the belt between the first driven pulley and the second driven pulley, the guide wall including a curved part with an inner side facing the body panel, and
the sliding door drive device further comprises a sliding part sandwiching the belt with the inner side of the curved part of the guide wall and sliding on the belt.