# US 2009/0260474 A1 · Control cable and remote control device using the same

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- Number: US 2009/0260474 A1
- Document ID: US20090260474A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 12/303,080
- Filed: 2007-05-29
- Published: 2009-10-22
- Earliest claimed: 2006-05-29
- Assignees: Hi-Lex Corporation
- Inventors: Kazunori Sudo; Takuro Sakai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090260474A1

## CPC

- F16C 1/18: in which the end portion of the flexible member is laid along a curved surface of a pivoted member
- F16C 1/106: {Plurality of transmitting means, e.g. two or more parallel "Bowden cables"}
- F16C 1/12: Arrangements for transmitting movement to or from the flexible member
- F16C 1/20: Construction of flexible members moved to and fro in the sheathing
- F16C 1/26: Construction of guiding-sheathings or guiding-tubes
- Y10T 74/20456: Specific cable or sheath structure
- F16C: SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

The control cable includes a reinforcing wire 11 of which the both ends are fixed by anchors 14, 14, an outer casing 12 made of synthetic resin so as to be slidable to the reinforcing cable, and so as not to constrain the thermal deformation in the axial direction based on the variation of ambient temperature, and an inner cable 13 made of metal having flexibility housed in the outer casing 12 slidably. In the both ends of the inner cable, cable ends 17, 17 coupled to an operating member and an operated member are firmly fixed

## Claims

### Claim 1

A control cable, comprising:
a reinforcing wire made of metal, of which the both ends are to be fixed;
an outer casing made of synthetic resin provided so as to be slidable to the reinforcing cable, and so as not to constrain the thermal deformation in the axial direction based on the variation of ambient temperature; and
an inner cable made of metal having flexibility and slidably housed in the outer casing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A control cable according to claim 1,
wherein the reinforcing wire is provided as one pair in parallel, and the inner cable is arranged between these reinforcing wires.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A control cable according to claim 1,
wherein the inner cable is provided as one pair in parallel, and the reinforcing wire is arranged between these inner cables.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A control cable according to claim 1,
wherein the outer casing exhibits a ribbon-like shape.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A control cable according to claim 1,
wherein the reinforcing wire is composed of a single wire made of metal, and the inner cable composed of a plurality of twisted wires of metal element wires.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A control cable according to claim 1,
wherein the reinforcing wire and the inner cable respectively are composed of a single wire made of metal.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A remote control device, comprising:
an operating member which gives an operating force;
a bracket of operation side;
an operated member to receive the operation of the operating member through the control cable according to claim 1; and
a bracket of operated side;
wherein the both ends of the reinforcing wire of the control cable are fixed to the brackets of the operating side and the operated side,
at least one end of the outer casing of the control cable is held slidably in the axis direction by the bracket of the operating side or the operated side, and
the both ends of the inner cable of the control cable are coupled to the operating member and the operated member.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

A remote control device according to claim 7,
wherein the operating member and the operated member are pulleys provided turnably within a predetermined angle to the each bracket,
the outer casing exhibits the ribbon-like shape,
the reinforcing wire is provided slidably along the center of the outer casing, at the same time, the inner cable is provided as one pair, and these inner cables are provided slidably along the both side edges of the outer casing.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

A remote control device according to claim 8,
wherein at least one end side of the ends of the one pair of the inner cable are firmly fixed by one cable end mutually in a lump, and the cable end is engaged with the pulley of the operating side or the pulley of the operated side.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

A remote control device according to claim 7,
wherein the operating member or the operated member is a pulley provided rotatably to the bracket,
the inner cable is wound around the pulley with more than one turn, and at the same time, the end of the inner cable is engaged with the pulley.