Casing cap and control cable connecting structure with casing cap
AssigneeHi-Lex Corporation
InventorHironari Ishihara
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Abstract
A casing cap is connected to an end of an outer casing through which an inner cable is inserted, the casing cap comprising: a main body portion having a curved guide path guiding the inner cable in a curved state; an outer casing connecting portion protruding from the main body portion at a one-side end in an extending direction of the guide path; and an engaging portion for engaging the casing cap with an mounting target, wherein the engaging portion protrudes from the main body portion at the other-side end in the extending direction of the guide path.
Claims7
A casing cap connected to an end of an outer casing through which an inner cable is inserted, the casing cap comprising:
- a main body portion having a curved guide path guiding the inner cable in a curved state;
- an outer casing connecting portion linearly protruding in a direction in which the guide path is linearly extended from the main body portion at a one-side end in an extending direction of the guide path;
- and
- an engaging portion for engaging the casing cap with a mounting target, wherein the engaging portion linearly protrudes in a direction in which the guide path is linearly extended from the main body portion at an other-side end in the extending direction of the guide path,
- wherein the outer casing connecting portion has a first insertion path through which the inner cable is inserted,
- wherein the engaging portion has a second insertion path through which the inner cable is inserted,
- wherein the engaging portion is integral with the main body portion, the engaging portion and the main body portion being formed as one piece, and
- wherein a protrusion amount of the engaging portion from the main body portion in the extending direction of the second insertion path is smaller than a protrusion amount of the outer casing connecting portion from the main body portion in the extending direction of the first insertion path.
A control cable connecting structure, the control cable connecting structure comprising:
- an inner cable;
- an outer casing through which the inner cable is inserted;
- an operation target to which one end of the inner cable is connected;
- a casing cap;
- and
- a mounting target being substantially plate-shaped,
- wherein the casing cap comprises:
- a main body portion having a curved guide path guiding the inner cable in a curved state;
- an outer casing connecting portion protruding from the main body portion at a one-side end in an extending direction of the guide path;
- and
- an engaging portion for engaging the casing cap with a mounting target, wherein the engaging portion protrudes from the main body portion at an other-side end in the extending direction of the guide path,
- wherein the mounting target engages with the engaging portion of the casing cap and extends substantially perpendicularly to the inner cable led out from the engaging portion
- wherein the operation target is configured to:
- move between a first position and a second position by being operated by the inner cable;
- or
- operate the inner cable by moving between the first position and the second position,
- wherein the first position is a position closer to the engaging portion with respect to the second position, and
- wherein a length from the operation target to the engaging portion in the first position is shorter than a radius of curvature of the curved guide path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.