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Teleflex, Inc.

Dura Operating, LLC

Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc.

John William Harrison

Michael V Reasoner

John Hilliard Tucker

Michael Ray Hall

Orest Iwasiuk

Harry Edward Koontz

Aubrey J Nofzinger

Brian Edward Steakley

Joseph Matthew Laperriere, Iii

Dan Chegash

A pedal with snap-fit bushing includes a pedal arm having a tubular sleeve oriented perpendicular and fixed to the pedal arm. A mounting pin is rotatably received within a tubular sleeve annular bore and extends partially beyond tubular sleeve opposed ends. A first pivot bushing is rotatably mounted to a first end of the mounting pin extending outward of the tubular sleeve. A second pivot bushing is rotatably mounted to a second end of the mounting pin extending outward of the tubular sleeve. A pedal housing includes a first wall having a first 'L' shaped slot and a second wall having a second 'L' shaped slot. The pivot bushings are received in a retention portion of the first and second slots to releasably retain the mounting pin and allow rotation of the pedal arm and the tubular sleeve about a rotational axis of the mounting pin.

Pedal with snap-fit pivot bushing

In at least some implementations, a cable control system includes a spool on which a portion of a cable may be taken up and released, an input shaft coupled to the spool, and a motor coupled to the input shaft to drive the input shaft and spool in a first direction to take up cable on the spool and in a second direction to release cable from the spool. The control system also has two clutches that allow rotation of the spool without corresponding rotation of the motor. Each clutch may have a first member coupled to the input shaft and a second member coupled to the spool and relative rotation between the first and second members of the clutch allows rotation of the spool relative to the motor or input shaft.

Dual clutch cable control system

A remote control assembly having a conduit and a core element slidably disposed in the conduit. An adjustment device is selectively connected to one of the conduit and the core element for adjusting an effective length thereof. The adjustment device includes an adjustment housing and a slider. A locking element, having locking teeth, engages with slider teeth of the slider. The locking element defines a cavity for allowing insertion of a tool to facilitate movement of the locking element from a locked position to an unlocked position. Also, a cover is slidably supported on the housing and the cover includes a detent to further facilitate movement of the locking element.

Adjustment device for a remote control assembly having an easily engageable and disengageable locking element

A cable operated interlock system between the gear selector lever (12) of an automatic transmission and the brake pedal (42) restrains the gear selector lever (12) in the Park position until the brake pedal (42) is first depressed. The interlock system includes a shifter cable (68) having one end (70) connected to an L-shaped pedal actuator (62) and another end (72) connected to an inhibitor pin (74) adjacent the gear selector lever (12). A compressible tip (82) is telescopically received over the end of the pedal actuator (62), with a spring (84) trapped therebetween for yielding when the brake pedal (42) returns to its rest position in the event the gear selector lever (12) resides in one of its drive positions. The interlock system may also include an ignition cable (90) extending between an ignition switch (52) of the automobile and the pedal actuator (62). The ignition cable (90) prevents displacement of the pedal actuator (62) and the attached shifter cable (68) unless the ignition switch (52) is in a Run position. Conversely, the ignition cable (90) will not permit the ignition switch (52) to return to its Off position until the gear selector lever (12) has been placed in its Park position.

Cable operated brake/ignition/transmission interlock

A motion-transmitting remote-control assembly (10) of the type for transmitting motion along a curved path by a flexible motion-transmitting core element (12) with a conduit (14) slidably supporting the core element (12). A terminal (30) has a bore (32) extending therethrough and defines oppositely facing first (32a) and second (32b) openings with the second opening (32b) disposed for connecting the core element (12) to a control member (24). An adjustment interconnects the terminal (30) and the core element (12) for adjusting the position of the terminal (30) axially along the core element (12) and includes a lock button (36) movable between an unlocked position extending from the assembly and a locked position within the assembly for locking the axial position of the terminal (30) relative to the core element (12). The assembly is characterized by a collar (58) locked in a shipping position by the extended lock button (36) for preventing the insertion of a control member (28) into the first opening (32a) and movable to an installed position for maintaining the lock button (36) in the locked position. Therefore, the collar (58) prevents an installer from inadvertently inserting a control member (28) into the first opening (32a) during installation and thereafter insures that the lock button (36) is fully in the locked position when moved to the installed position. The collar (58) is slidably movable along the terminal (30) for blocking entry into the first opening (32a) in the shipping position and for covering the lock button (36) in the fully installed position.

Security collar for adjustable core element terminal

A transmission with a continuously variable adjustable ratio comprising a first disk fixedly coupled to a first shaft, and a second disk coupled for a rotation about the axis of the first disk. A second shaft is supported for rotation about an axis essentially parallel to the face of the first disk wherein said axis is supported in a tilted position relative to the planar face of the first disk such that the distance between said axis and the first disk planar face increases from said disk center to said disk edge. An idler is coupled for rotation about and axial movement along each second shaft and is in frictional contact with the first disk face. A pinion is fixedly coupled to each second shaft and interconnects with the face of the second disk. Thus, idler axial movement along the second shaft varies both the relative rotational speeds between the first and second disks and the frictional contact pressure between the idler and the first disk face. The relative size of idler to pinion determines the ranges of ratios achieved. The transmission has low frictional losses and is therefore highly efficient, thereby extending service life.

Transmission with a continuously variable adjustable ratio

An extracoronal attachment for a removable partial denture utilizes a joint comprising a fixed ball within a movable resilient tube to connect the prosthesis to the abutment teeth. The attachment is accurately constructed by a kit and applied by a method which insures that tensile and shear stresses otherwise applied to such attachments during functional loading are significantly reduced so that the male retainer may be permanently secured to the abutment teeth by means of an adhesive bond.

Partial denture attachment appliance

An attachment appliance for a removable partial denture, having complementary male and female interlocking members wherein the male member is bonded to a face of an abutment tooth within an oral cavity. The female member may be removably mounted in a mounting cavity in the removable partial denture.

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Goodrich, MI, United States of America

John William Harrison