Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Hand operated
Patent
1998-08-24
2000-07-04
Battista, Mary Ann
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Hand operated
7447315, 74538, F16C 112, B60K 2004
Patent
active
06082218&
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a passenger compartment, a floor pan, a cable-actuated component (such as a transmission) located outside the passenger compartment, and a telescopeable cable assembly (such as a transmission cable) operably connected to the cable-actuated component. The telescopeable cable assembly includes an end (such as a sheath on a sleeve of the cable assembly) attached to the floor pan via a bracket and a telescopeable cable having a first connector on an end of the telescopeable cable. A control assembly (such as a transmission shifter assembly) is provided for connection to the cable-actuated component. The control assembly includes a base configured for attachment to the vehicle in the passenger compartment, a lever pivoted to the base, and a second connector operably attached to the lever. The second connector is configured to mateably engage the first connector as the control assembly is installed in the vehicle from a raised pre-installation position to a lowered installed position, and to be secured to the first connector to operably connect the control assembly to the cable-actuated component via the telescopeable cable assembly.
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Exhibit A discloses a snap together cable assembly connector designed by another company; the date, the design and the status of use being unknown.
Osborn Charles
Ruiter Andrew K.
Battista Mary Ann
Grand Haven Stamped Products
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