Patent ID: 6093892
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: F16C,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
An end fitting for automatically adjusting an amount of slack in a wire of a cable assembly including a conduit inside which the wire is slidably positioned, the fitting comprising:a hollow housing having an interior bore extending along a longitudinal axis thereof;at least one locking projection disposed on the housing and extending into the bore;a cylindrical core coaxial with the housing and having a first end disposed within the bore and a second end projecting from an end of the housing, the core slidable along the axis and rotatable about the axis with respect to the housing, the core having at least one recess in an outer surface thereof adjacent the first end of the core, one edge of the at least one recess comprising a series of notches offset circumferentially and axially from one another in a stair-step pattern spiraling around the core, each of the notches having a slide surface generally parallel to the axis and a stop surface angled with respect to a circumferential line around the core, the core being connectable to an end of the conduit such that the wire extends through the core and the housing;means for urging the core along the axis outwardly with respect to the housing to urge the at least one locking projection into contact with the end surface of one of the notches depending upon how far the core is inserted into the bore; andmeans for rotating the core about the axis with respect to the housing so as to urge the at least one locking projection into detented engagement with the slide surface of the one of the notches.