Cable-operated actuating device for a motor vehicle
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsDino Demma, Dirk Eisinger
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a cable-operated actuating device for a motor vehicle, in particular for a transmission, comprising: an actuating means having a recess for inserting a coupling connector of a cable control, a blocking means which is radially displaceable in the recess and in a radially outer position permits an axial displacing of the coupling connector in the recess and in a radially inner position axially fixes the coupling connector against an inserting direction in a positively connected and/or frictionally connected manner, a housing, which receives a connecting point between the coupling connector and the recess, and an actuating means for radially displacing the blocking means, which can be actuated outside the housing.
Claims13
A cable-operated actuating device for a motor vehicle, the cable-operated actuating device comprising:
- a shift lever for axially displacing a blocking means mounting with a recess for inserting a coupling connector of a cable control;
- a blocking means that is radially displaceable in the recess and in a radially outer position permits an axial displacing of the coupling connector in the recess and in a radially inner position axially fixes the coupling connector against an inserting direction in a positive connection and/or frictional connection manner;
- an axially displaceable retainer for a positive-connection fixing of the blocking means in the radial inner position in a radial direction;
- a housing that houses the blocking means and a connecting point between the coupling connector and the recess, and
- an actuator for radially displacing the blocking means, wherein the actuator is actuated outside the housing to engage the blocking means through the housing in the radially outer position and to disengage the blocking means in the radially inner position,
- wherein the actuator is disabled after the blocking means is in the radially inner position.
A motor vehicle comprising:
- a cable control with a coupling connector, and
- a cable actuating device comprising:
- a shift lever for axially displacing a blocking means mounting with a recess for inserting the coupling connector of the cable control;
- a blocking means that is radially displaceable in the recess and in a radially outer position permits an axial displacing of the coupling connector in the recess and in a radially inner position axially fixes the coupling connector against an inserting direction in a positive connection and/or frictional connection manner;
- an axially displaceable retainer for a positive-connection fixing of the blocking means in the radial inner position in a radial direction;
- a housing that houses the blocking means and a connecting point between the coupling connector and the recess, and
- an actuator for radially displacing the blocking means, wherein the actuator is actuated outside the housing to engage the blocking means through the housing in the radially outer position and to disengage the blocking means in the radially inner position,
- wherein the actuator is disabled after the blocking means is in the radially inner position.
A method for fastening a cable control to a cable-operated actuating device of a motor vehicle, the cable control comprising a coupling connector and the cable-operated actuating device comprising:
- a shift lever for axially displacing a blocking means mounting with a recess for inserting the coupling connector of the cable control;
- a blocking means that is radially displaceable in the recess and in a radially outer position permits an axial displacing of the coupling connector in the recess and in a radially inner position axially fixes the coupling connector against an inserting direction in a positive connection and/or frictional connection manner;
- an axially displaceable retainer for a positive-connection fixing of the blocking means in the radial inner position in a radial direction;
- a housing that houses the blocking means and a connecting point between the coupling connector and the recess, and
- an actuator for radially displacing the blocking means, wherein the actuator is actuated outside the housing to engage the blocking means through the housing in the radially outer position and to disengage the blocking means in the radially inner position,
- wherein the actuator is disabled after the blocking means is in the radially inner position,
- the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting the coupling connector in the recess;
- positioning the transmission shift lever;
- and
- actuating the actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.