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US 9,695,917 B2Granted
Cable actuators and cable actuated apparatuses and systems
AssigneeTexas Capital Bank National Association
InventorMichael Warren Lokken
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Abstract
A cable actuator includes a housing and a cam disposed in the housing. The cam includes a first cable retaining portion and a second cable retaining portion. The cam is movable between a first position in which the first cable retaining portion is in an actuated position and the second cable retaining portion is in a return position, and a second position in which the first cable retaining portion is in a return position and the second cable retaining portion is in an actuated position.
Claims23
A cable actuator comprising:
- a housing;
- a cam disposed in the housing and rotatable about a fastener assembly defining a cam axis between a first position;
- a first slide member retained within the housing and including a first cavity for retaining an end portion of a first cable when the first cable is assembled with the cable actuator, and a first projection spaced apart from the first cavity;
- and
- a second slide member retained within the housing and including a second cavity for retaining an end portion of a second cable when the second cable is assembled with the cable actuator, and a second projection spaced apart from the second cavity;
- wherein the cam comprises a first track receiving the first projection and a second track receiving the second projection, wherein the first track is contoured to move the first slide member from a return position to an actuated position when the cam is moved to the first position, and the second track is contoured to move the second slide member from a return position to an actuated position when the cam is moved to the second position;
- wherein each of the first and second slide members includes an elongated opening receiving the fastener assembly to permit radial sliding movement of the first and second slide members with respect to the cam.
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A cable actuator comprising:
- a housing;
- a cam disposed in the housing and rotatable about a fastener assembly defining a cam axis between a first position;
- a first slide member retained within the housing and including a first cavity for retaining an end portion of a first cable when the first cable is assembled with the cable actuator, and a first projection spaced apart from the first cavity;
- and
- a second slide member retained within the housing and including a second cavity for retaining an end portion of a second cable when the second cable is assembled with the cable actuator, and a second projection spaced apart from the second cavity;
- wherein the cam comprises a first track receiving the first projection and a second track receiving the second projection, wherein the first track is contoured to move the first slide member from a return position to an actuated position when the cam is moved to the first position, and the second track is contoured to move the second slide member from a return position to an actuated position when the cam is moved to the second position;
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- wherein the first slide member further includes a third cavity for retaining an end portion of a third cable when the third cable is assembled with the cable actuator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.