Mid-length adjustment and method of assembly

A motion transmitting remote control assembly (10) comprising:

• a first core element section (12) having an inner end and an outer end;
• a first conduit (16) having inner and outer ends and slidably supporting said first core element section (12);
• a first fitting (18) disposed on the inner end of said conduit (16), said fitting (18) having a bore (32) extending thereinto having a length (y) extending between an open end (36) and a bottom (34) with a counterbore (52) at the open end (36) of said bore (32), said counterbore (52) having a larger diameter than said bore (32);
• a female member (28) secured to said inner end of said core element section (12) and in sliding engagement with said bore (32), said female member (28) having a shank portion (27) and a larger body portion defining a shoulder (29) therebetween to engage said bottom (34) of said bore (32) to define an extended position for said first core element section (12);
• a second core element section (14) having inner and outer ends;
• a guide length for slidably supporting said second core element section (14) and including a second fitting (24) larger in diameter than said bore (32) and slidably disposed in said counterbore (52), said second fitting (24) including an interior passage (60) having a diameter equal to the diameter of said bore (32) for receiving said female member (28);
• a male member (30) disposed at said inner end of said second core element section (14);
• a snap-together connector (68) for connecting said male and female members (28 and 30) together in response to being forced together;
• a lock button for locking said first (18) and second (24) fittings together to prevent relative axial movement therebetween;
• said assembly characterized by a first terminal means (44, 48) secured to said outer end of said first core element section (12) for limiting sliding movement of said first core element section (12) into said first conduit (16) at a retracted stop position with said female member (28) being in overlapping relationship with said bore (32) at said open end (36) to prevent said female member (28) from completely exiting said bore (32) in said retracted stop position.

A method of assembling a motion transmitting remote control assembly (10) including a first guide length having inner and outer ends, a second guide length having inner and outer ends, a first core element section (12) having inner and outer ends and movably supported in the first guide length, a second core element section (14) having inner and outer ends and movably supported in the second guide length, first (28) and second (30) members disposed on the inner ends of the core element sections (12 and 14) for connecting the first (12) and second (14) core element sections together, first (18) and second (24) fittings disposed at the inner ends of the guide lengths for connecting the first and second guide lengths together, a terminal means disposed at the outer end of the first core element section (12) for connection to a control member, the first fitting (18) having a bore (32) with a bottom and the first member (28) being slidably supported in the bore (32), said method comprising the steps of:

• securing the first member (28) to the inner end of the first core element section (12);
• sliding the first core element section (12) in the first guide length to move the first member (28) into the bore (32) and to extend the outer end of the first core element section (12) from the outer end of the first guide length;
• securing the terminal means to the outer end of the first core element section (12) to establish a retracted stop position to limit movement of the first core element section (12) to prevent the first member (28) from completely exiting the bore (32) so that the first member (28) remains in overlapping relationship with the bore (32) in the retracted stop position.

A method of assembling a motion transmitting remote control assembly (10) including a first core element section (12) having inner and outer ends, a first conduit (16) having inner and outer ends and slidably supporting the first core element section (12), a first fitting (18) disposed on the inner end of the conduit (16), the fitting (18) having a bore (32) extending thereinto with a length (y) extending between an open end (36) and a bottom (34) with a counterbore (52) at the open end (36) of the bore (32), the counterbore (52) having a larger diameter than the bore (32), a female member (28) secured to the inner end of the core element section (12) and in sliding engagement with the bore (32), the female member (28) having a shank portion (27) and a larger body portion defining a shoulder (29) therebetween to engage the bottom (34) of the bore (32) to define an extended position for the first core element section (12), a second core element section (14) having inner and outer ends, a guide length for slidably supporting the second core element section (14) and including a second fitting (24) larger in diameter than the bore (32) and slidably disposed in the counterbore (52), the second fitting (24) including an interior passage (60) having a diameter equal to the diameter of the bore (32) for receiving the female member (28), a male member (30) disposed at the inner end of the second core element section (14), a snap-together connector (68) for connecting the female and male members (28 and 30) together in response to being forced together, a lock button for locking the first (18) and second (24) fitting together to prevent relative axial movement therebetween, said method comprising the steps of:

• securing the female member (28) to the inner end of the first core element section (12);
• sliding the first core element section (12) into the first conduit (16) to move the female member (28) into the bore (32) and engage the bottom (34) to extend the outer end of the first core element section (12) from the outer end of the first conduit (16) to establish an extended stop position;
• securing a terminal means (44, 48) to the outer end of the first core element section (12) to establish a retracted stop position to limit movement (x) of the first core element section (12) to prevent the female member (28) from completely exiting the bore (32) so that the female member (28) remains in overlapping relationship with the bore (32) in the retracted stop position.