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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2018
Sri International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Alexander Steele Kernbaum, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Roy Kornbluh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a housing that includes an inner space, an inlet connected to the inner space, and a plurality of outlets connected to the inner space. The housing allows an inner cable of a Bowden cable to pass therethrough such that the inner cable passes through the inlet, the inner space, and any of the plurality of outlets. The apparatus also includes an inner hub rotatably mounted in the inner space of the housing. The inner hub is configured to receive and guide the inner cable passing through the housing such that the inner cable forms a curved path about the inner hub. The apparatus includes a socket configured to receive the Bowden cable. The socket can be coupled to the housing at a plurality of different positions to select any of the plurality outlets such that the inner cable of the Bowden cable passes through the selected outlet.