Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Jeffery S Cascio

David A Doornbos

Chad K Zeilenga

Steven L Bivens

Joseph J Bella

A tether for attachment to a damper device is formed to include a heated, reshaped enlarged bulbous end.

Damper assembly

A damper assembly includes a fixed rack gear, a rotary gear damper having a gear engaged with the rack gear and a tether movable with the damper along the rack gear and a tether connecting the damper and a movable object to be controlled by the damper. The tether includes enlarged integral ends to secure the tether relative to the damper and the article to be controlled by the damper. A constant force spring interconnects movement of the damper relative to the fixed rack gear.

Viscous strand damper assembly

A damper assembly includes a fixed rack gear, a rotary gear damper having a gear engaged with the rack gear, and a tether movable with the damper along the rack gear and connected to the movable object to be controlled by the damper. A biasing element normally urges the damper away from anti-rotation locking members.

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Tinley Park, IL, United States of America

Jeffery S Cascio