Patent ID: 9074619
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A terminal support device mounting structure comprising: a terminal support device for fixing an end portion of a control cable having an inner cable slidably inserted through an outer casing; and a bracket for mounting said terminal support device through rotation about an axial line thereof, said bracket including an opening, a mounting hole being in communication with said opening and having an arc-shaped portion with a diameter larger than a width of said opening, a base portion located around said opening and said mounting hole, and an engagement portion provided to extend from a surface of said base portion in an axial line direction, said terminal support device including a socket, said socket including a mounted portion having an introduction portion provided so as to be able to be introduced into said opening, and a sliding contact portion having a width larger than said width of said opening for coming into sliding contact with said arc-shaped portion during said rotation, a pair of flanges provided so as to sandwich said mounted portion therebetween for sandwiching said base portion on the periphery of said mounting hole during said rotation, a flexible portion having a pawl to be engaged with said engagement portion during said rotation, and an arm supporting said pawl such that said pawl is configured to engage with said engagement portion, and a rotation restriction portion for restricting rotation of said socket after said rotation causes said pawl to pass over said engagement portion, said rotation restriction portion being provided to extend in said axial line direction so as to be able to restrict rotation of said socket by coming into abutment with said engagement portion, said arm and said pawl being located at a position spaced apart from said base portion in said axial line direction during said rotation.