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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1998
Timothy Alan Wirsing, Saginaw, MI (US);
Derrick V Grahn, Troy, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A motion-transmitting assembly has a cable movable within a tubular sheath anchored on a panel. A movable member, such as a lever, is movably mounted on the support and has an aperture which receives a retainer clip. The retainer clip has a cylindrical body installed into the aperture of the member and having a bore extending through the cylindrical body with yieldable fingers projecting into the bore. A cable fitting has a barrel with a bore slidably receiving the cable. A stud projects laterally from the barrel and has a circumferential groove so that upon insertion of the stud into the bore of the retainer clip, the yieldable fingers of the retainer clip engage with the circumferential groove of the cable fitting to thereby connect the cable fitting with the movable member. A ferrule is carried by the cable to engage with the barrel of the cable fitting and establish a driving connection therebetween in one direction of relative movement, while the cable is able to slide through the cable fitting and permit independent movement between the cable and the movable member in the other direction of movement. The retainer clip also has a swing-over arm extending from the cylindrical body and having a snap-fit receptacle thereon which clips onto the barrel of the cable fitting to further assure retention of the stud of the cable fitting within the cylindrical bore of the retainer clip. A stop arm is provided on the swing-over arm of the retainer clip and engages with the movable member to define a rest position of the retainer clip in readiness for insertion of the stud into the bore of the retainer clip.