Patent ID: 9027435
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A control cable attachment structure comprising: a control cable comprising an outer tube and an inner cable inserted through the outer tube; and an anchoring member anchoring an attachment part provided on a leading end of the outer tube; the anchoring member comprising an anchoring plate portion having a shape of a substantially flat plate, and an attachment groove extending through the anchoring plate portion in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the anchoring plate portion, the attachment groove being opened toward one side edge of the anchoring plate portion, the attachment groove comprising an anchoring groove positioning and anchoring the attachment part, and a constricted groove formed between the anchoring groove and the one side edge of the anchoring plate portion, the constricted groove having a width smaller than a width of the anchoring groove; the attachment part comprising an engaged portion engaged with the anchoring groove and having a dimension larger than the width of the constricted groove, a pair of opposed surfaces protruding from an outer surface of the engaged portion, the pair of opposed surfaces being substantially parallel to each other, the pair of opposed surfaces being opposed to front and back surfaces of the anchoring plate portion, and an engaged groove defined by the pair of opposed surfaces and engaged with peripheral edges of the attachment groove of the anchoring plate portion, wherein at least one of the pair of opposed surfaces includes a protruding portion protruding toward an opposite one of the pair of opposed surfaces, the protruding portion being located closer to the one side edge of the anchoring plate portion than a boundary between the constricted groove and the anchoring groove, wherein the anchoring member includes a general surface extending in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the anchoring plate portion, and the anchoring plate portion is connected to the general surface at a side thereof located oppositely from the one side edge, wherein the attachment part further includes an extension portion extending from either one of the pair of opposed surfaces or the opposite one of the pair of opposed surfaces in a direction away from the engaged groove and along the general surface, the protruding portion being formed on the one of the pair of opposed surfaces, and wherein a distance between the protruding portion and the opposite one of the pair of opposed surfaces is set to allow the protruding portion and the opposite one of the pair of opposed surfaces to come into abutment on the front and back surfaces of the anchoring plate portion, respectively, before a distal end of the extension portion abuts on the general surface when the control cable tilts in such a manner as to bring the distal end of the extension portion close to the general surface.