Patent ID: 6176636
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G01P,Y10T

Abstract:
A two-component bracket and drive washer combination for automatically positioning a component of the two-component bracket along a longitudinal axis responsive to the drive washer being moved relative to the two-component bracket along a transverse axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, comprising:a two-component bracket comprising:a main bracket component having an aperture, said main bracket component having a drive wall at one side of said aperture; anda reaction bracket component interfaced in side-by-side relation to said main bracket component, wherein said main bracket component is slidable in relation to said reaction bracket component along a longitudinal axis, said reaction bracket component having a reaction wall located in said aperture opposite said drive wall, said drive and reaction walls being disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis and mutually forming a collective opening at said aperture; anda drive washer having tooth means for engaging said drive and reaction walls as said drive washer is received into said collective opening along a transverse axis;wherein said main bracket component moves parallel to said longitudinal axis as said drive washer moves parallel to said transverse axis.