Patent ID: 7146875

Claim:
A motion transmitting cable assembly comprising, in combination: a flexible conduit extending along a central axis; a flexible core that moves within the conduit along the central axis; an adjuster body secured to the conduit and having a plurality of teeth; a slider body that moves along the adjuster body along the central axis; a lock body having a plurality of teeth that moves relative to the slider body to releasably lock the slider body to the adjuster body; wherein the teeth of the lock body are engaged with the teeth of the adjuster body when the lock body is in an engaged position to prevent movement of the slider body relative to the adjuster body along the central axis; wherein the lock body includes a front section, a rear section forming the plurality of teeth of the lock body, and an intermediate section located between the front section and the rear section and forming opposed lateral slots; and a fixed mounting bracket extending into the slots to interlock the lock body and the mounting bracket.