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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
May. 11, 1995
Edward C Simon, Garden City, MI (US);
Teleflex Incorporated, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Abstract
Each piece of a two-piece motion-transmitting remote-control assembly (10) has an outer end (122, 124) and an inner end (126, 128). The outer ends (122, 124) are attached to different vehicle components and the inner ends (126, 128) are spliced together after vehicle assembly. Each of the two assembly pieces (130, 132) includes a core element segment (16, 18) movably supported within a conduit segment (12, 14). Attached to the inner end (28, 30) of each core segment (16, 18) is a core splicers (48, 50) snap together to connect the core segments (16, 18) into an integral member. A movable tubular sleeve (90) locks the conduit inner ends (20, 22) in a spaced-apart, end-to-end disposition and connects the conduit segments (12, 14) together into an integral member. The sleeve (90) slidably supports the connected core splicers (48, 50) between the spaced-apart conduit inner ends (20, 22). The assembly is shipped with the sleeve (90) moved away to expose the core splicers (48, 50) for connection. To allow conduit length adjustment, a lockable slider (76) is fixed to one conduit inner end (20) and a slider body (78) is disposed about the slider (76).