Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Hand operated
Patent
1986-12-15
1988-04-19
Smith, Gary L.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Hand operated
74513, 74501R, 403197, 403353, F16C 110, F16B 300, F16L 4100
Patent
active
047381558
ABSTRACT:
A connector for attaching a Bowden-wire cable assembly to a vehicle accelerator pedal mounting lever has a closed end needle-like or teardrop shaped nose portion closely hugging the cable assembly with only minimal clearance between to allow movement of the cable relative to the assembly, the outer periphery gradually increasing in radius to slowly blend to the diameter of a circumferential groove in the body portion having wall portions of a radial extent greater than the aperture in the lever within which it is to be inserted for snugly retaining the connector to the pedal mounting lever, and including a number of axially extending slots permitting collaspe of the grooved portion toward the center to permit insertion through the aperture and released to their free state to snugly straddle the wall of the lever defining the aperture receiving the connector, the needle-nose shaped end providing a self-centering action to the connector regardless of the misalignment of the axis of the cable assembly with respect to the lever aperture due to accelerator pedal mounting lever geometry.
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Ford Motor Company
Luong Vinh
McCollum Robert E.
Sadler Clifford L.
Smith Gary L.
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