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US 2003/0146054 A1Published application
Self-lubrication cable assembly
OwnerYung-Pin Kuoinventor
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Abstract
A brake cable assembly includes a cable movably received in a sheath and an outer tube is mounted to the sheath and has an aperture defined through a wall of the outer tube. A shoulder extends inward from an inner periphery of the outer tube. A lubrication sleeve is received in the outer tube and contacts an end surface of the shoulder. Lubrication liquid is dropped to the lubrication sleeve via the aperture. The cable extends through the lubrication sleeve so as to be lubricated during operation. A seal member seals the aperture.
Claims4
A brake cable assembly comprising:
- a cable;
- a sheath mounted to the cable;
- an outer tube mounted to the sheath and having an aperture defined through a wall of the outer tube, a passage defined through the outer tube and a shoulder extending inward from an inner periphery of the outer tube, and
- a lubrication sleeve received in the outer tube and an end of the lubrication sleeve contacting an end surface of the shoulder, the other end of the lubrication sleeve contacting an end of the sheath, the aperture communicating with the lubrication sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.