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A motor vehicle window construction has a pull-pull closed loop cable drive system for opening and closing a glazing pane slidably mounted in a frame. A motor and drive drum apparatus for powered operation of the window construction is mounted to the vehicle body at a location remote from the frame.

A motor vehicle window construction has a pull-pull closed loop cable drive system for opening and closing a glazing pane slidably mounted in a frame. A motor and drive drum apparatus for powered operation of the window construction is mounted to the vehicle body at a location remote from the frame. The cable system includes drive cable wrapped around the drive drum. A first drive cable segment extends laterally from the glazing pane or from a slidably mounted subassembly incorporating the glazing pane, toward one side of the frame member. A second drive cable segment extends from the glazing pane or subassembly toward the opposite side of the frame. The glazing pane and drive cable together form a closed loop from the drive drum. Rotating of the drive drum in a first rotational direction by actuation of the drive motor pulls the slidably mounted transparent pane toward its open position. Rotating the drive drum in the opposite rotational direction pulls the glazing pane toward its closed position. A method also is provided for retrofitting a manual-slide window construction preinstalled in a motor vehicle body to be a powered slide window as just described. A retrofitting kit is provided for carrying out such retrofitting method.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A motor vehicle window construction in a motor vehicle, comprising, in combination:frame means mounted in a window recess in a vehicle body comprising a circumferential frame member with a first cable directional block integral with a lower horizontal portion of the frame member;a

[ We claim:] [1.] A motor vehicle window construction in a motor vehicle, comprising, in combination:frame means mounted in a window recess in a vehicle body comprising a circumferential frame member with a first cable directional block integral with a lower horizontal portion of the frame member;a slider subassembly comprising a transparent pane and being slidably mounted in the frame means for sliding laterally back and forth between a full open position and a closed position in a laterally extending slider travel channel in the lower horizontal portion of the frame member; anda pull-pull cable drive subassembly for moving the slider subassembly laterally back and forth between its full open and closed positions, the pull-pull cable drive subassembly comprising:drive apparatus mounted to the vehicle body remote from the circumferential frame member, comprising a drive motor having an output member and a drive drum operatively engaging the output member for rotation upon actuation of the drive motor; anddrive cable attached to the slider subassembly and wrapped around the drive drum for pulling the slider subassembly substantially laterally in a first direction toward its full open position upon rotation of the drive drum in a first rotational direction, and for pulling the slider subassembly substantially laterally in a second direction toward its closed position upon rotation of the drive drum in an opposite rotational direction, the slider subassembly and drive cable together forming a closed loop from the drive drum, with a first drive cable segment extending laterally from the slider subassembly toward a left side of the frame member and a second drive cable segment extending laterally from the slider subassembly toward a right side of the frame member;wherein a section of the first drive cable segment extends in a first cable channel in the substantially horizontal lower portion of the frame member, and the first cable directional block forms a curved internal passageway guiding the drive cable from the first cable channel to a first entry point.