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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1980
William G Bennett, Troy, MI (US);
Teleflex Incorporated, Limerick, PA (US);
Abstract
A motion transmitting remote control assembly of the type for transmitting forces along a curved path by a flexible motion transmitting core element movably supported in a flexible conduit. The assembly includes a support member adapted to be connected to a support structure (such as a bulkhead) and the conduit includes a slider member slidably disposed in a passageway extending longitudinally through the support member. The support member includes a transverse guideway in which is disposed a metal L-shaped latch member having an aperture in one leg through which the slider member extends. A coil spring reacts between the support member and the other leg of the latch member for biasing the bottom of the aperture into engagement with the slider member. The bottom of the aperture in the latch member has a tooth which coacts with ratcheting teeth on the slider member. The coil spring urges the tooth of the latch member into engagement with the ratcheting teeth of the slider member and allows the latch member to be moved out of engagement with the slider member in response to a predetermined force. A temperature-responsive slug is disposed within the coil spring in parallel with the coil spring for allowing movement of the latch member in response to the predetermined force above a predetermined temperature but requires a higher force for moving the latch member at temperatures lower than the predetermined temperature.