Sliding guide mechanism

US4407167A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

• Heinz Koukal · Sindelfingen, DE
• Hermann Grimm · Ostelsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 12, 1980
• Grant date: Oct 4, 1983
• Expiry date: Sep 12, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20462
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sliding guide member which includes a sliding member accommodating one end of flexible cable assembly which is adapted to transmit tensile and compressive forces. The end zone of the sliding member in proximity of the cable assembly, which zone is slidingly movably guided within a fixed guide sleeve, is constructed to be offset with respect to the remaining zone in which is accommodated an adjusting element for the sliding guide mechanism. The guided end zone of the sliding member has an approximately spherical shape and includes a bore for a suspension mounting of an end of the flexible cable assembly, which end is provided with a ball element. The sliding member is provided with a threaded bore extending in the axial direction for accommodating the adjusting element, which is equipped with an external thread so as to enable a coupling of the adjusting element to the sliding member.