EP1730374A1

EP1730374A1 - Window lift system and method for fitting a window pane

Info

Publication number: EP1730374A1
Application number: EP05734874A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Bernhard Eckhardt; Bernhard Sielhorst; Enrico Schliwa; Harald Köllner
Original assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
Current assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
Priority date: 2004-04-02
Filing date: 2005-04-01
Publication date: 2006-12-13
Also published as: RU2006134335A; US8127495B2; JP2007530835A; DE102004017645A1; US20090000202A1; BRPI0509060A; KR101023289B1; KR20060129513A; WO2005095745A1; RU2361994C2; CN1961130A; JP5027650B2

Abstract

The invention relates to a window lift system, especially for the side window of a motor vehicle. The window lift system comprises a pulling device and a catch (2) for a window pane (3), which can be moved up and down by means of said pulling device. Said catch (2) has a first fastening point (7) for an upward pulling end (8) of the pulling device and a second fastening point (9) for a downward pulling end (10) of the pulling device, which point is horizontally off-set from the first fastening point (7) in the window pane plane when the window pane (3) is fitted. The window lift system also comprises means for positioning and fixating the catch (2) in terms of at least three degrees of freedom so that the catch (2) can be maintained in a position that is defined in terms of the degrees of freedom even when the window pane (3) is not yet fitted. The invention also relates to a door or side-panel module and to an automotive side door comprising such a window lift. The invention finally relates to a simplified method for fitting a window pane (3) in a corresponding window lift system.

Description

Window lifter assembly and method for assembling a window pane

The invention relates to a window regulator arrangement, in particular a window regulator arrangement for a side window of a motor vehicle, with a driver for a window pane, which can be moved up and down by a pulling device, according to the preamble of the main claim. The invention further relates to a door or side wall module which contains such a window regulator arrangement, and to a method for mounting a window pane in such a window regulator arrangement.

In the case of a window regulator arrangement of the generic type, the driver has a first fastening point for an upward pulling end of the pulling device and a second fastening point for a downward movement in the window pane plane when the window pane is mounted to this first fastening point

pulling end. the pulling device. Such a window regulator arrangement is known from the document DE 690 27 127 T2.

Such window regulator assemblies are of particular interest when attaching the upward and downward ends of the. Pulling device at two fastening points on the driver, which are horizontally offset in the aforementioned manner, ensures that the window pane is acted upon by a driving force for movement such that it is always pressed against only a single guide edge or rail which is constant for each direction of movement, regardless of the direction of movement. A tilting of the window pane in a corresponding one

This can effectively prevent the guiding device. Such a window regulator arrangement is proposed in German patent application 102 55 461.7, which was not yet published on the filing date of the present application. The invention described hereinafter is particularly suitable for power window devices proposed in that patent application type, the content of the above, hereby in ^'referenced patent application was to be incorporated into the present application in its entirety.

Window lifter assemblies of the type outlined thereby present a problem which forms the starting point for the present invention. In such window lifter arrangements, a torque is exerted on the window pane independently of the direction of movement and movement. This torque is typically also desirable in order to always press the window pane against the same leading edge or rail. The same, with the window pane mounted on the driver However, the torque transmitted by the window pane also results in the driver being pulled into an oblique position prior to assembly of the window pane, which makes mounting the window pane, in particular connecting the window pane to the driver, extremely difficult. The assembly of the window pane is also made more difficult by the fact that the driver, which was previously typically held only by the two ends, has at least one degree of freedom of rotation, that is to say can rotate freely at least around an axis. This can also lead to undesired rattling when transporting a corresponding door or side wall module which contains a corresponding window regulator arrangement.

The present invention is therefore based on the object of overcoming the difficulties and disadvantages described, a window regulator arrangement to be proposed for this should still be suitable for transmitting a torque to the corresponding window pane in the manner described. The invention is also based on the object of proposing a practical method for mounting a window pane in a window regulator arrangement of the generic type.

This object is achieved according to the invention by a window lifting arrangement with the characterizing features of the main claim in conjunction with the features of the preamble of the main claim and by a door or side wall module according to claim 10 or a motor vehicle side door according to claim 12 and by a method for mounting a window pane with the features of claim 13. Advantageous refinements and developments of the invention result from the features of the subclaims. Due to the fact that a window lifting arrangement according to the invention has means for positioning and fixing the driver at least with respect to three degrees of freedom, so that the driver can be held in a position defined with respect to these degrees of freedom even when the window pane is not mounted, assembly of the corresponding window pane is decisively facilitated. A corresponding advantageous assembly method for the window pane in such a window lifting arrangement provides that the driver is first positioned and fixed with respect to the degrees of freedom mentioned using the means provided for this, and that the window pane is then inserted into the window lifting arrangement until the window pane and the driver take corresponding positions (in a suitable window regulator arrangement according to the invention this can happen almost automatically by inserting the window pane sufficiently far) and that the window pane is then connected to the driver in a positive and / or non-positive manner.

In conventional embodiments of the invention, the driver will have a slot open at the top for receiving a lower edge of the window pane. When installing the window pane, after positioning and fixing the driver from above (directions and relative location information should always refer to an installation or operating state of the window regulator arrangement), it can be inserted into the window regulator arrangement until the lower edge the window pane is inserted into the slot in the driver from above. The insertion of the window pane (with typical window lift arrangements and corresponding assembly processes from above) can take place before or after installation of the window lift arrangement in a door or a motor vehicle side wall.

A simple and secure connection of the window pane to the driver can result from the driver having a single or a plurality of latching elements for latching into at least one corresponding recess in the window pane. A positive connection then comes about almost automatically by inserting the window pane.

As an alternative or in addition, an opening or two openings located opposite one another in the

Carrier and a recesses in the window pane when the window pane is fitted with this opening or these openings, through which a pin or bolt can be pushed to connect the window pane with the carrier. This pin or bolt should sit as precisely as possible in the corresponding openings or recesses. Such a pin or bolt connection can ensure a particularly safe power transmission from the ends of the pulling device to the window pane. A good power transmission is particularly desirable for the downward pulling end of the pulling device, since a downward pulling force could tend to pull the driver off the window pane. If a single pin or bolt connection of the type described is provided, it is therefore expedient to arrange it in such a way that it can absorb forces, in particular, from the downward pulling end of the pulling device. In advantageous versions of the

However, two such pin or Bolt connections are provided, which are arranged horizontally offset and ensure a rotationally secure connection of the driver to the window pane. In such a device, the window pane can be connected to the driver in that each pin or bolt is pushed through the corresponding openings or recesses when the window pane and the driver have assumed corresponding positions after the window pane has been inserted into the window regulator arrangement ,

Particularly expedient embodiments of the invention provide that the window lift arrangement described is part of a door or side wall module or is arranged on such a door or side wall module before mounting the window pane and before mounting the corresponding door or side wall module. Such a module can have a wall part made of a fiber-reinforced plastic, for reasons of stability, which in turn can be injection molded or pressed. With a view to inexpensive manufacture and simple assembly, embodiments are particularly advantageous in which at least some of the means mentioned for positioning and fixing the driver and / or other components of the window lift arrangement are integrally formed on this wall part. In particular in a combination of window lifter arrangements according to the invention with such door or side wall modules, in addition to the advantage of simplified assembly, a further advantage is brought about by the fact that use of the means for positioning and fixing the driver results in undesired rattling of the driver when transporting the Prevent window lifting arrangement or the door or side wall module who can. This ultimately also avoids damage that could otherwise be caused by a driver that strikes freely during vibrations during transport.

The advantages of a window lifting arrangement of the type described above are particularly evident in the case of so-called rail-less window lifters or, in the case of window lifting arrangements, with window panes guided only on one side (for example on a single rail or leading edge). In the case of such or similar window lifting arrangements, it is in fact decisive that by arranging two offset fastening points for the two ends of the pulling device, a rectified torque can be transmitted to the window pane regardless of the direction of movement.

It follows from what has been said so far that, in advantageous embodiments of the invention, the driver should also be able to be positioned sufficiently precisely, even when the window pane has not yet been installed, in order to enable the driver and the window pane to be brought together securely and, as far as possible, almost automatically when the window pane is inserted. It is not absolutely necessary for the driver to be positioned and fixed in relation to all conceivable (six) degrees of freedom. Depending on the dimensioning and relative arrangement of the various components of the window regulator assembly, it may be sufficient if the driver can be positioned and fixed in this sense with regard to three degrees of freedom. Various advantageous embodiments of the invention can also be designed such that the driver can be positioned and fixed with respect to four, five or even all six degrees of freedom by the means mentioned. In the case of an installation method for a window pane according to the invention, the driver, in particular in the case of designs which allow the driver to be positioned and fixed with respect to all six degrees of freedom, can advantageously be fixed in a position prior to the insertion of the window pane in a possible position of the driver when installed Window pane corresponds. This can be a bottom position of the driver, which corresponds to a fully open window, but this is not necessarily the case.

In other embodiments of the method according to the invention, it can be provided that the driver is not fixed in at least one degree of freedom with respect to at least one degree of freedom before the window pane is inserted, and that the driver only takes place when the window pane is installed, and Window pane is pressed into the position mentioned, in which the window pane and driver can then be connected. If the driver is shaped in such a way that it has an upwardly opening slot for receiving the lower edge of the window pane, it is independent of the precise execution of the assembly process and of the number of degrees of freedom with respect to which the driver is before insertion the window pane is positioned and fixed, helpful in any case if the driver for inserting the window pane is held in a position in which said slot lies in a plane or area defined by the window pane. Then a merging of window pane and driver for the purpose of connecting the two as unproblematic.

In typical embodiments of the invention, the pulling device will have a cable pull or a chain on iron, so that the upward pulling end and the downward pulling end of the pulling device each form one end of this cable pull or the chain. A wire or plastic rope can be used as a cable pull with a view to the highest possible tensile stability, low elongation and good flexibility. Also possible are designs in which two independent cables, for example cable cables or chains, are provided for one end each attached to the driver. Typically, the pulling device of a window lift arrangement of the type described also has, for example, deflections formed by rollers and / or sliders, and a deflection e.g. given by a crank mechanism or an electric motor.

The means for positioning and fixing the driver can be designed in different ways. In particularly simple designs, these means can be provided, for example, by a lower stop for the driver or have such a lower stop or two such stops. The driver can then be positioned and fixed before the window pane is inserted in a simple manner in that the driver is moved through the downward-pulling end of the

Pulling device is pulled against this stop or these stops and is held there by the same end. It is conceivable that the driver, which already has one end against the stop, initially remains in an oblique position and is only pressed into a position by the window pane in which he is properly oriented. In other embodiments, it can be provided that the driver is pulled out of a possible misalignment before the window pane is inserted through the downward pulling end of the pulling device, for which purpose the downward pulling end of the pulling device cooperates with the stop to exert a torque on the puller. In addition to a lower stop or a plurality of lower stops for the driver, guiding means can also be provided as further components of the means for positioning and fixing the driver for lateral guidance of the driver at least in a lower movement section in an environment of the lower stop or lower stops. As a side

In this context, guidance should in particular refer to a guide for the driver, which limits freedom of movement of the driver in a direction perpendicular to the plane defined by the window pane. Such guide means can also be used to position the driver in the longitudinal direction. The guiding means can be implemented in a manner that is easy to implement, for example by walls that lead laterally and preferably run in a funnel-like manner toward the bottom. Additionally or alternatively, a cone can also be provided on which the driver is seated in a lowermost position. An even more precise and more secure positioning can be achieved if two such cones are provided, with elements of other geometries tapering upwards, which are positioned in such a way that the downward moving driver with a Trough, bore or recess sits on it. Instead of a lower stop, an upper stop and optionally guide means for laterally guiding the driver in an upper movement section in a vicinity of the upper stop could be provided as a means for positioning and fixing the driver with an analogous function for mounting the window pane in an upper position, which corresponds to a completely closed window.

If the window lift arrangement is integrated in a door or side wall module or is arranged on such a module, the means for positioning and fixing can also be provided through an opening or a plurality of openings in a wall part of this module and through a corresponding opening in the driver as well with one pin each, which can be pushed through the corresponding openings to fix the driver in a defined mounting position. It is also possible for the means for positioning and fixing the driver to include these features in addition to other features such as guide means. The said assembly position is intended to be a possible position of the driver when installed

Window pane correspond, this position can, but does not have to correspond to the lowest position of the driver.

An advantageous positioning, which can be defined with respect to all degrees of freedom, results if two pins are provided which can be pushed through an opening in the driver and a corresponding opening in the wall part. The pins can be simple bolts or also screws, preferably grub screws. Then- te at least one of two corresponding openings with a thread matching the screw. Such a screw can be screwed through the door or side wall module into the driver or through the driver into the door or side wall module. In the first case, it is sufficient if the corresponding opening in the driver is only designed as a recess, in the second case accordingly if the opening in the door or side wall module is not a complete recess, but only as

Recess is designed (the same applies if a simple bolt is provided as a pin instead of a screw).

A door or side wall module of the type described usually also serves as a partition between a wet and a dry side of a motor vehicle door or side wall. If such a module is provided with an opening in the manner described, care should advantageously be taken to ensure that this opening remains or is sealed after the window pane has been installed. For this purpose, such an opening can be sealed with a stopper after removal of the corresponding pin, but it is also possible to screw back a screw previously used as a means of fixing the driver only so far after mounting the window pane that the driver is free to open the opening but is still sealed by the screw.

In the case of similar designs of door or side wall modules according to the invention or methods according to the invention for mounting a window pane, openings can also be provided in the corresponding wall part of the module, through which a tool can be guided instead of pins, which tool can grip the driver able to position and fix it during assembly relative to the wall part and thus to the door or side wall module.

Particularly advantageous applications of the present

In particular, the invention results from a combination of the features essential to the invention with window regulator arrangements which are claimed and described in the aforementioned patent application DE 102 55 461.7. Such a combination thus results in particularly advantageous designs of window lifter arrangements and door or side wall modules according to the invention. Accordingly, the method described here is particularly suitable for mounting a window pane in such a way

Window system. The content of application DE 102 55 461.7, to which reference is made in this regard, is hereby incorporated into the present application.

Exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. It shows

1 is a stylized view of a door module for a front left side door of a motor vehicle with a window regulator arrangement according to the invention,

2 shows the same representation of a door module in another embodiment of the invention and

Fig. 3 in a corresponding representation a further modification of a window regulator arrangement according to the invention on a door module.

1 shows a door module that is intended for installation in a left front side door of a motor vehicle. This door module has a wall part 1 made of an injection-molded, fiber-reinforced plastic, on which a window regulator arrangement is arranged, and at the same time as

Partition between a wet area and a drying area in the figure hidden by the wall part of the corresponding side door is used. The window lift arrangement has a driver 2, which can be moved up and down by a pulling device, for one in the

Figure with a dashed line indicated window 3. In the figure, the components of the traction device include a drum 4 which can be driven by a crank mechanism or an electric motor (not shown), a traction rope 5 wound over this drum 4 and thereby movable, and two deflection elements 6 designed as rollers for the traction rope 5. The deflection elements 6 can also be designed as sliders in other embodiments of the invention.

The pull rope 5 is formed by a plastic rope, corresponding versions with a wire rope or a chain instead of the pull rope 5 would also be possible. The pull rope 5 is now fastened to the driver 2, the driver 2 having a first fastening point 7 for an upward pulling End 8 and a second attachment point 9 for a downward pulling end 10 of the pull rope 5. As can be seen in FIG. 1, when the window pane 3 is mounted, the second fastening point 9 is horizontally offset from the first fastening point 7. In the case of the depicted and also of other generic window lifter arrangements, it is thereby achieved that the window pane 3 is moved from the traction cable 5 via the driver 2 to the Window pane 3 exerted torque regardless of the direction of movement, ie regardless of whether the window pane 3 is pulled upwards or downwards, is always pressed against the guide edge or guide rail 11 only indicated in FIG. 1.

In addition, the window lifter arrangement shown has means for positioning and fixing the driver 2, with the aid of which the driver can be held in a defined position even when the window pane 3 is not installed. These means for positioning and fixing the driver 2 are provided in the illustrated embodiment of the invention by two support brackets 12 which are molded in one piece on the wall part 1 and serve as lower stops for the driver 2. A cone 13 is in turn formed on each of these support blocks 12, these cones 13 being arranged in such a way that the driver 2 is seated on these cones 13 with two openings arranged at the bottom of the driver 2 and not recognizable in FIG. 1 when it is in a lowermost position occupies. In this lowest position of the driver 2, which is indicated in FIG. 1 by a dotted contour, the driver 2 is seated on the support blocks 12. When the driver 2 moves downward, the cones 13 serve as guide means for the driver 2 during a last movement section shortly before reaching the lowest position.

Before installing the window pane 3, the driver 2 is initially held only by the upward-pulling end 8 and the downward-pulling end 10 of the traction cable 5. Due to an offset arrangement of the first attachment point 7 and the second attachment point 9, the driver 2 is normally pulled into an inclined position and can move over it. turn freely around an axis then defined by the upward end 8 and the downward end 10 within certain limits. If no further measures were to be taken, this would not only result in the driver 2 being able to knock freely and cause damage when the door module is being transported, moreover, an assembly of the window pane 3 and in particular a connection of the window pane 3 to the driver 2 only extremely difficult. Through the

Execution of the window lifter arrangement with the support blocks 12 and the cones 13 as means for positioning and fixing the driver or as guide means, however, the driver 2 can now be pulled into the lowest position for transporting the door module or for mounting the window pane 3, whereby it is pulled downward by the downward pulling end 9, initially seated on the support bracket 12 on the right in FIG. 1 and then pulled out of an inclined position by the downward pulling end 10 until it is also on the support bracket on the left in FIG. 1 12 comes to rest. It is guided laterally by the cone 13 in such a way that the driver 2 then assumes a position that is already defined with respect to all six degrees of freedom even when the window pane 3 has not yet been installed. Bumping around of the driver 2 caused by bumps during transport is avoided and installation of the window pane 3 is decidedly easier.

The driver 2, an injection molded part made of plastic, has an upwardly open slot 14 for receiving a lower edge 15 of the window pane 3. In order to enable a form-fitting connection of the window pane 3 to the driver 2, the driver furthermore has two latching elements 16 for engaging. ten in two not recognizable in the figure recesses in the window pane 3. In addition, an opening 17 is provided in the driver 2, which can precisely fit a pin for connecting the driver 2 to the window pane 3, which at the same time engages through a recess in the window pane 3 which is in register with this opening 17 with this opening 17. A positive connection between the driver 2 and the window pane 3 then results both from the latching elements 16 and from the aforementioned pin.

The window pane 3 can now be mounted in an advantageous manner in the window lifter arrangement shown, by first positioning the driver 2 in the manner described and fixing it with respect to all degrees of freedom by moving it downward in the lowest position and thus with the end 10 of the pull rope 5 pulling downward the trestles 12 is pulled with the cones 13. Then the

Window pane 3 are inserted into the window lifter arrangement until the window pane 3 and the driver 2 assume corresponding positions, until the window pane 3 also assumes a lowermost position in the example shown. A positive connection of the carrier 2 with the window plate 3 almost automatically results from the fact that the catch elements 16 snap into the recesses in the window glass 3 into the corresponding ^'. An even better connection can then be established by pushing the aforementioned pin (or bolt) through the opening 17 and the recess corresponding to this opening 17 into the window pane 3. Because the driver 2 is positioned and fixed in a defined position before the window pane 3 is inserted, the lower edge 15 of the window pane 3 almost automatically moves into the slot 14 of the catch 2 when the window pane 3 is inserted, without the catch 2 having to be held manually in a complex manner.

Another embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 2. A door module for a motor vehicle is also shown there in a corresponding view. Recurring features are provided with the same reference numerals here as in the following figure and are no longer specifically explained. In a departure from the previously described exemplary embodiment, the means for positioning and fixing the driver 2 are here by means of a single lower stop 18 and an adjoining this lower stop 18, serving as guide means, and the driver 2 on a lower one. Given a portion of a downward movement laterally leading wall 19.

The window lifter arrangement shown in FIG. 2 is designed in such a way that the driver 2 for mounting the window pane 3 is positioned and fixed only with respect to five of six degrees of freedom. For this purpose, it is again pulled downwards by the downward pulling end 10 until it rests with one end on the stop 18, where it does so due to a lateral guidance through the wall 19 (cooperating with the wall part 1 of the door module) is also held in a defined position with respect to a direction perpendicular to the window pane 3, but initially remains in an oblique position, which is indicated in FIG. 2 by a dotted line. Even if the driver 2 is not yet positioned with respect to all degrees of freedom and xiert, the slot 14 thereby comes to lie in a surface defined by the window pane 3, which is why an installation of the window pane 3 by insertion into the window regulator arrangement is also possible here without any problems. The driver 2 is then, when the window pane 3 is inserted, more precisely when the lower edge 15 of the window pane 3 moves into the slot 14 of the driver 2, pressed by the window pane 3 itself into the lowest position, which corresponds to a fully opened window Mounted window 3 corresponds and in which the connection of window 3 and driver 2 can be done in the manner already described. Depending on the dimensions and the relative arrangement of the various components of a window regulator arrangement of the type described, it can also suffice in other embodiments if the driver 2 can only be positioned and fixed with respect to two or three degrees of freedom by the means for positioning and fixing.

Another embodiment of the invention is finally shown in FIG. 3. In the window lifter depicted there and again arranged on a wall part 1 of a door module, the means for positioning and fixing the driver 2 include an opening 20 in the wall part 1 and a corresponding opening 21 in the driver 2 in addition to a lower stop 18, this corresponding opening 21, which is indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 3, only as

Recess is carried out on a side of the driver 2 facing the wall part 1. The openings 20 and 21 are arranged such that they are opposite one another when the driver 2 assumes its lowest position, which is again indicated in FIG. 3 by a dotted line. For positioning and Fixing the driver 2 in the lowermost position, which serves as the mounting position when mounting the window pane 3, a pin (not shown in FIG. 3) can now be guided from the dry side through the opening 20 in the wall part 1 into the opening 21. In the exemplary embodiment shown, this pin is provided by a grub screw, the opening 20 in the wall part 1 being provided with a thread matching this grub screw. The driver 2 can thus be fixed by screwing the aforementioned grub screw, for example made of plastic, through the opening 20 in the wall part 1 into the opening 21 in the driver 2. After assembling the window pane 3, i.e. after inserting the window pane 3 into the window regulator arrangement and connecting the window pane 3 to the driver 2 in the manner described, the grub screw can then be turned back so far that the driver 2 is released and later for opening and Closing the window with the window pane 3 can be moved up and down. The remaining in the opening 20 in the wall portion grub screw then acts to seal the opening 20 in the wall portion 1 to prevent the ingress of water into a dry preparation ^'ch the corresponding vehicle door. It would also be possible to remove the grub screw and then seal the opening 20 with a stopper. The same procedure can be used if a simple bolt is used as a pin instead of the grub screw.

In similar embodiments of the invention, several, preferably two, pins and a corresponding number of openings or depressions in the

Wall part 1 and be provided in the driver 2 to the Fix driver 2 in the manner described, preferably in a position that corresponds to a possible position of the driver 2 with the window pane installed. In contrast to the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 3, this position does not necessarily have to correspond to the lowest position of the driver 2. It can also be provided in similar embodiments of the invention that such a screw or such a pin is not screwed or pushed through the wall part 1 into the driver 2, but through the driver 2 into the wall part 1. Instead of a pin or a screw, another tool can finally also be provided, which reaches through the opening 20 and can grip and hold the driver 2.

In the window lift arrangements shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the window pane 3 is guided on one side by a single guide rail 11. However, rail-less window regulators can also be designed quite analogously. Finally, other embodiments of the invention can differ from the window lift arrangements shown in the figures in that instead of the single pull rope 5 two independent pulls (for example pull pulls or chains) are provided, one of which has the upward pulling end 8 and the other the downward pulling end 10 forms.

Claims

claims

1. Window lifter arrangement, in particular for a side window of a motor vehicle, with a pulling device and a driver (2) which can be moved up and down by this pulling device for a window pane (3), the driver (2) having a first fastening point (7) for has an upward pulling end (8) of the pulling device and, when the windowpane (3) is mounted to this first fastening point (7), a second fastening point (9) horizontally offset in the windowpane plane for a downward pulling end (10) of the pulling device, characterized in that the window lift arrangement Has means for positioning and fixing the driver (2) at least with respect to three degrees of freedom, so that the driver (2) can be held in a position defined with respect to these degrees of freedom even when the window pane (3) is not installed.

1. Window lifter arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that said means for positioning and fixing the driver (2) with respect to four, five or six degrees of freedom are suitable.

2. Window lifter arrangement according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the pulling device has a cable or a chain, to which the said ends (8, 10) belong.

3. Window lifter arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the driver (2) has an upwardly opening slot (14) for receiving a lower edge (15) of the window pane (3).

4. Window lifter arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the driver (2) has at least one latching element (16) for latching into a recess in the window pane (3).

5. Window lifter arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the driver (2) has at least one opening (17), a pin being provided for a precisely fitting receptacle through this opening (17) and through one when mounted window pane (3) with said opening (17) lying in registry Ausneh- ^• ung in the window pane (3).

6. Window lifter arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the means for positioning and fixing are given by a lower stop (18) for the driver (2) or have such a lower stop (18).

7. Window lifter arrangement according to claim 7, characterized in that guide means are provided for lateral guidance of the driver (2) at least in a lower movement section in a vicinity of the lower stop (18).

8. Window lifter arrangement according to claim 8, characterized in that the guide means the driver (2) laterally leading, preferably downwardly tapering walls (19) and / or a cone (13) on which the driver (2) in a lowermost Position.

9. Door or side wall module containing a window lifter arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 9.

10. Door or side wall module according to claim 10, characterized in that the means for positioning and fixing comprise an opening (20) in a wall part (1) of the door or side wall module and a corresponding opening (21) in the driver (2) and a pin that can be pushed through these openings (20, 21) for fixing the driver (2) in a defined mounting position.

11. Motor vehicle side door containing a window lift arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 9 or a door module according to one of claims 10 or 11.

12. A method for assembling a window pane in a window lifter arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 9 or on a door or side wall module according to one of claims 10 or 11 or in a motor vehicle side door according to claim 12, the method comprising the following steps in the order of their naming:

Positioning and fixing the driver (2) with respect to the degrees of freedom mentioned using the means provided for this purpose, • inserting the window pane (3) into the window lift arrangement until the window pane (3) and the driver (2) assume corresponding positions, • positive and / or non-positive connection of the window pane (3) with the driver (2).

13. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that the driver (2) before the insertion of the window pane (3) is fixed in a position which corresponds to a possible position of the driver (2) with the window pane (3) installed.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that the driver (2) before the insertion of the window pane (3) with respect to at least one degree of freedom is not yet fixed in a position which corresponds to a position of the driver (2) when the window pane (3) is installed. corresponds, and that the driver (2) is pressed only by inserting the window pane (3) into the position mentioned, in which the window pane (3) and the driver (2) can be connected.