Patent ID: 7530288
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A motion transmitting remote control cable assembly comprising: a conduit having first and second ends and a central axis; a core wire disposed along the central axis of the conduit; a molded fitting having first and second ends and a central bore extending from the first to the second end, the molded fitting disposed at a first end of the conduit, the core wire extending through the central bore of the molded fitting; a hollow slider body having an outer peripheral surface and opposing first and second ends, the hollow slider body including a central bore extending from the first to the second end the core wire extending through the central bore of the hollow slider body, the hollow slider body including a slot formed through a top of the outer peripheral surface, the slot defining a lock cavity, the molded fitting movably disposed in the central bore of the hollow slider body and the hollow slider body including guide channels formed through the outer peripheral surface proximate the second end of the hollow slider body; a spring engaging the hollow slider body and the molded fitting for biasing the hollow slider body and molded fitting apart; a lock member received in the lock cavity, the lock member including a varying sized lock slot formed there through, the molded fitting disposed in the varying sized lock slot; wherein the lock member is moveable from an initial position where the lock member engages the molded fitting preventing movement of the molded fitting relative to the hollow slider body, to an adjustment position allowing movement of the molded fitting relative to the hollow slider body for automatically adjusting slack in the conduit, to a locked position where the lock member engages the molded fitting preventing movement of the molded fitting relative to the hollow slider body.