Patent ID: 6301992
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
An adjustment and assembly system for mechanical cable remote control of the type in which the transmission of controls between a mechanical transmitter element and a mechanical receiving element is performed through a flexible transmission cable, and in which the adjustment of the system is achieved by regulating an effective length of the transmission cable, the system comprising:a pin (20) having a circular serrated or dented portion (23), located between a jointed head (21) and a threaded rod (22) of the pin (20),a terminal (30) coupled to an end of said transmission cable (3') structured and arranged for receiving said jointed head (21) of said pin;a mechanical receiving element (4') having an oblong serrated or dented hole (25) structured and arranged to receive said circular serrated or dented portion (23) of said pin at any one of a plurality of selected locations within said oblong serrated or dented hole (25), whereby upon the assembly of the system, the pin (20) may be arranged in the oblong serrated or dented hole of the mechanical receiving element (4') at any one of plurality of selected locations to thereby enable the adjustment of the effective length of the transmission cable (3').