Fico Cables, S.a.

Carlos Gabas Cebollero

Jordi Dalmau Riu

Terminal with fixing device for control cables

An adjusting device designed to adjust the length of control cables made up of two half-cables which are connected by a linking device having two exterior linking bodies and two interior linking bodies. The adjusting device includes a coaxially arranged stem provided with retaining teeth which forms one of the exterior linking bodies, a sheath terminal body, a fixing jacket and a fixing ring provided with retaining teeth. Upon rotation of the fixing jacket and fixing ring, a locking assembly is disengaged and the length of the cable may be adjusted. The adjusting device may also include a thrust sleeve and a thrust spring designed so that the adjusting device is permanently subjected to a force biased to reduce its length when unlocked.

Adjusting device for control cables

This mechanism includes a fixing device (,) comprising a fixing body (,) which meshes with toothing (,) of the support (,) and a helical fixing spring (,); a self-regulating device (,) comprising a traction body (,) to which is fixed the end of the steel cable (,) which links with the brake callipers or shoes attached to the mechanism, a spiral traction spring (,) and a helical locking spring (,), mounted coaxially to each other and so designed that, when the brake lever (,) is in the rest position, the spiral spring (,) subjects the cable (,) to traction, permanently adjusting the length of its sheathed portion; and a self-adjusting device (,) of the initial length of the cable (,) which includes a removable pin (,).

Security brake mechanism for motor vehicles

A control cable comprises first and second half cables connectable together by a linking device. The first and second half cables respectively include first and second sheaths and first and second inner cables. The linking device comprises male and female interior and exterior linking bodies respectively joined to the first and second inner cables and sheaths. The male interior and exterior linking bodies are at least partially insertable in the female interior and exterior linking bodies, respectively, and each has a groove. The interior and exterior linking bodies are locked together by respective interior and exterior locking elements. The interior locking element, in particular, includes a fixing portion for axially retaining the male interior linking body to the female interior linking body when disposed in the groove in the male interior linking body, a clamping portion spaced axially from the fixing portion for clamping around the female interior linking body, and an intermediate portion integrally joining the fixing and clamping portions.

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Barcelona, Spain

Carlos Gabas Cebollero