Remote control arrangement
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorHaruo Mochida
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Abstract
A stopper is provided on the inner wire of a Bowden cable type arrangement. The stopper allows the wire to be pulled in a first axial direction to operate one of two latch mechanisms and engages a shoulder defined in the second latch mechanism when driven in a second axial direction to produce a reaction which causes the tubular housing disposed about the wire between the second latch mechanism and a single handled actuating mechanism, to flex and pull a lever of the second latch mechanism for operating same, whereby a single lever can be used to selectively operate two different mechanisms.
Claims4
A remote control arrangement comprising:
- a first mechanism having a stationary member and a movable member for actuating said first mechanism;
- a second mechanism having a stationary member and a movable member for actuating said second mechanism;
- a wire connected at one end to the movable member of said first mechanism and which is slidably disposed through the stationary member of said second mechanism;
- an actuating mechanism having a stationary member and a lever, said lever being operatively connected to the other end of said wire for selectively moving said wire in first and second axial directions, the movable member of said first mechanism being moved to operate said first mechanism upon said wire being moved in said first axial direction;
- a first flexible housing disposed about said wire, said first houring being connected at one end to the stationary member of said actuating mechanism and at the other end of the movable member of said second mechanism;
- a second flexible housing disposed about said wire, said second housing being connected at one end to the stationary member of said second mechanism and at the other end to the stationary member of said first mechanism;
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- a stopper fixed on said wire and adapted to abut the stationary member of said second mechanism when said wire is driven in said second axial direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.