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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2004
Ralf Bocka, Musberg, DE;
James R. Hartmann, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Joseph Z. Wascow, Mundelein, IL (US);
Ralf Bocka, Musberg, DE;
James R. Hartmann, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Joseph Z. Wascow, Mundelein, IL (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A repositionable operating lever including a lever body having a handle and a generally hollow cylindrical housing, an inner end portion of which has a multi-faced wall configured to engage a multi-faced head portion of an adjusting member, an adjusting member positioned in the cylindrical housing and having a multi-faced head portion engaging the multi-faced wall of the inner end portion, a generally cylindrical end piece configured to fit within an outer end portion of the cylindrical housing, a biasing member having a inner end and a outer end, and wherein the lever body is capable of being moved in the outer direction relative to the adjusting member by manipulation overcoming the biasing force whereby the multi-faced head portion and the multi-faced wall disengage from one another, permitting relative rotation of the lever body and the adjusting member to reposition the lever body on the adjusting member.