Patent 7159930 was granted and assigned to Mitsui on January, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
This slide device comprises a first tension member connected to a distal end of an opening cable, a second tension member connected to a distal end of a closing cable, a lower roller bracket rotatably mounted on a sliding door, a first pin disposed at a front portion of a lower roller bracket, and a second pin disposed at a rear portion of the lower roller bracket. The front of the first tension member is rotatably connected to the first pin and the rear of the second tension member is rotatably connected to the second pin. The first tension member and the second tension member overlap with each other.