US 10,294,980 B2 · Control cable quick disconnect

Abstract

A quick connect and disconnect arrangement for a cable comprises a housing for holding the cable. The housing comprises a first section and a second section. One of the first section and the second section comprises a protruding lug having an aperture therein and the other of the first section and the second section comprises a locking system. The locking system comprises a channel, an opening disposed along a portion of the channel and for receiving the lug, and a bolt configured to move within the channel. When, in use, the housing is closed around the cable, the lug is positioned in the opening, the channel is aligned with the aperture and the bolt is configured to move within the channel in order to engage with the aperture and thereby retain the lug in the opening.

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Dependent claims

A quick connect and disconnect arrangement for a cable comprising:

a housing for holding the cable, the housing comprising a first section and a second section;
wherein one of the first section and the second section comprises a protruding lug having an aperture therein;
wherein the other of the first section and the second section comprises a locking system, the locking system comprising:
a channel;
an opening disposed along a portion of the channel and for receiving the lug;
and
a bolt configured to move within the channel;
wherein when, in use, the housing is closed around the cable:
the lug is positioned in the opening;
the channel is aligned with the aperture;
and
the bolt is configured to move within the channel in order to engage with the aperture and thereby retain the lug in the opening;
wherein the locking system further comprises a biasing mechanism for urging the bolt along the channel towards the opening.

10 more elements

A method of connecting and/or disconnecting a cable comprising two cable parts using a quick connect and disconnect arrangement for a cable, wherein the arrangement comprises:

a housing comprising a first section and a second section;
wherein one of the first section and the second section comprises a protruding lug having an aperture therein;
and
wherein the other of the first section and the second section comprises a locking system, the locking system comprising:
a channel;
an opening disposed along a portion of the channel;
and a bolt;
wherein connecting a cable comprises:
joining two cable parts together to form a joined cable within one of the first and second sections of the housing;
enclosing the cable with the other of the first and second sections of the housing and thereby positioning the lug in the opening of the locking system to thereby align the channel with the aperture;
moving the bolt within the channel in order to engage the bolt with the aperture;
and
using a biasing mechanism to urge the bolt into an engaged position where the bolt is engaged in the opening or in the lug aperture;
and
wherein disconnecting a cable comprises:
moving the bolt within the channel in order to disengage the bolt from the aperture;
removing the lug from the opening of the locking system;
separating the two sections of the housing;
removing the joined cable from the housing;
and
separating the joined cable into two cable parts.

18 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Control cable quick disconnect

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Abstract

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