Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Hand operated
Patent
1989-08-07
1990-06-26
Braun, Leslie A.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Hand operated
745024, 745015R, 188196M, 188176P, 411550, 411462, F16C 122
Patent
active
049361619
ABSTRACT:
A cable length adjuster with push and lock attachment for attaching and adjusting the length of a cable with respect to a support member. The cable length adjuster includes a stud having an externally threaded end portion and an intermediate boss formed with a polygonal-shaped exterior surface having a plurality of flat faces. A sleeve has a complimentarily shaped, polygonal cross section bore and is non-rotatably engageable with the boss on the stud. A nut is threadingly connected to the threads on the stud. The nut has a polygonal exterior shape to slidingly and non-rotatably support the sleeve. A spring is mounted between the nut and the sleeve to bias the sleeve into engagement with the boss on the stud. The cable is connected to the nut. Retraction of the sleeve from engagement with the boss on the stud enables the sleeve and the nut to be rotated thereby varying the overall length of the nut and stud through the threaded engagement of the nut with the stud. The first end of the stud is attachable to the support member. In another embodiment, a retainer is inserted within the sleeve and engages the sleeve in a snap fit. Lock fingers formed on the retainer engage recesses formed in the second end of the nut to limit the travel of the nut in a first direction to prevent disengagement of the nut from the stud.
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Drawing No. 15C9801, Connector-Body to Bracket, Jan. 17, 1989.
Braun Leslie A.
Vdoyazaki Corporation
Yo Winnie
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