Patent ID: 10131269

Abstract:
A clutching adjuster having a housing with a ball stud bore and a nose, and a ball stud journaled by the ball stud bore for axial movement therethrough, the ball stud having a threaded portion, a ball, an unthreaded portion, an outbound annular travel barrier, and an inbound annular travel barrier, where in adjusting operation, rotation of the ball stud causes axial movement of the ball stud through the ball stud bore via engagement of the threaded portion of the ball stud with the nose, and where in length of travel clutching operation and end of travel clutching operation where the ball stud is axially rotated through the ball stud bore, the receipt of an undue axial force of resistance on the ball stud results in a deflection of at least a portion of the nose, allowing the engagement between the ball stud and the nose to clutch.