Patent ID: 6092436
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
In a motion-transmitting assembly having a cable movable within a tubular sheath anchored on a panel, the improvement comprising:the panel having a keyhole-shaped aperture therein having a relatively large access opening portion communicating with a relatively narrower slot portion; andan anchor mounted on the sheath and having a base wall adapted to engage against the face of the panel and a foot suspended from the base wall by a shank, with the foot being smaller than the access opening portion of the panel aperture to permit insertion of the foot through the access opening portion and the shank being smaller than the slot portion to permit sliding movement of the anchor along the keyhole-shaped aperture so that the foot becomes engaged with the under face of the panel, said anchor also having an integral spring finger projecting from the base wall in a direction parallel with the direction of sliding movement of the anchor, said spring finger being self-biased into the access opening portion to engage with the panel and block retrograde sliding movement of the anchor within the of the panel to thereby anchor the sheath on the panel.