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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2004
Gregory P. Ruhlander, Hannibal, MO (US);
Gregory P. Ruhlander, Hannibal, MO (US);
Dura Global Technologies, LLC, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An integrated operator cable-connector and base housing for an automotive shifter mechanism includes a generally cylindrical opening in the base housing, an isolator installed onto one end of a steel sleeve compressed against one or more shoulders in the opening and held therein with a cap snap fitted to a protrusion on the base housing. A swivel tube has a head portion captured between facing partially spherical seats formed on an end of the isolator and an interior portion of the base housing respectively, and a rod laterally supported and slidable therein. The operator cable has its case crimped into a protruding end of the sleeve and its core wire passed through a plastic tubular insert in the sleeve, an opening in the end of the isolator, and the inside of the swivel tube to a rod to which it is attached to the rod slidable in the swivel tube.