Anti-backlash/anti-rattle lever
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorPhillip M. Sokolofsky
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Abstract
An anti-backlash assembly of the type for transferring motion via a pin movable along a slot. The assembly comprises a pivot lever and a second lever member. The pivot lever comprises a body portion and a pivot lever portion extending from the body portion to a pivot lever distal end. The pivot lever portion defines a pin engagement slot extending from adjacent the pivot lever distal end toward the body portion. A pair of fingers extend in parallel and spaced relationship from the pivot lever distal end of the pivot lever portion toward the body portion to engage opposite sides of a pin of the engagement arm. Each of the fingers includes a pin engaging section extending to an inwardly extending distal end and a spring section extending in a for urging the fingers into clamping engagement with the pin.
Claims5
An anti-backlash assembly of the type for transferring motion via a pin movable along a slot comprising;
- a pivot lever including a body portion is disposed in a plane,
- a pivot lever portion extends radially from said body portion to a pivot lever distal end,
- a second lever member and a coupling to said pivot lever for movement therewith,
- said coupling including a pin engagement slot and a pin slideable along said slot,
- said slot being defined by a pair of fingers extending in parallel and spaced relationship for moving relative to one another to constantly engage the pin,
- wherein each of said fingers includes a spring section extending in a semi-circular path from said pivot lever portion and transitioning into a pin engaging section having an inwardly extending distal end opposite that of said spring section,
- wherein said spring sections urge said fingers toward one another such that said pin engaging sections maintain a clamping engagement to said pin throughout motion of said pin within said slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.