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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1999
Apparatus having improved bowden cable coupling device and method for coupling bowden cables to same
Richard C. Kapes, Shelby Twp, MI (US);
Robert J. Faubert, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Waine T. Brock, Troy, MI (US);
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method employing a first Bowden cable retention member to retain the first cable member of a first Bowden cable and a second Bowden cable retention member to retain the second cable member of a second Bowden cable. The first Bowden cable retention member is sized to receive the first cable member, but not the second cable member. The manner in which the first cable member is sized may relate to a particular dimension, such as diameter or length or its overall shape in relation to the corresponding particular dimension or overall shape of the second cable member.