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US 2020/0116241 A1Published application
Drive Cable and Method of Production
AssigneesWebasto SE, KüSter Unternehmensgruppe
InventorsUlrich SCHREIBER, Günter REINHARDT, Markus ECKHARDT
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Abstract
A drive cable for actuating a vehicle element movable relative to a vehicle body is provided, the drive cable having a cable body having a cable core around which a coil following a helical line is coiled, the coil serving to engage with a gear wheel, the cable body being provided with a cable sheath. The cable sheath is glued to the coil.
Claims16
A drive cable for actuating a vehicle element movable relative to a vehicle body, the drive cable comprising:
- a cable body having a flexible cable core around which a coil following a helical line is coiled, the coil serving to engage with a gear wheel,
- the cable body being provided with a cable sheath,
- wherein the cable sheath is glued to the coil.
A method for producing a drive cable for actuating a vehicle element movable relative to a vehicle body, the method comprising:
- providing a cable body which comprises a flexible cable core provided with a coil following a helical line;
- introducing the cable body into an extrusion die;
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- extruding a plastic tube by means of the extrusion die and gluing the plastic tube to the coil of the cable body to form a cable sheath surrounding the cable body.
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