Patents Assigned to Hi-Lex Corporation
  • Patent number: 5584212
    Abstract: An end fitting for a cable assembly of the type including a conduit and a core wire slidably mounted within the conduit. The end fitting includes a housing defining a slot for snapping receipt of a mounting pin on a member to be controlled, an elongated tubular guide member receiving the free end of the core wire and slidably mounted on the housing, a spring interposed between the housing and the guide member, and a locking clip mounted on the housing for movement between a disengaged position in which serrations on the clip are spaced from serrations on the guide member and an engaged position in which the clip serrations are engaged with the guide member serrations to preclude axial movement of the guide member relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Hi-Lex Corporation
    Inventor: Brian J. Wild
  • Patent number: 5553818
    Abstract: An end fitting for attaching the conduit portion of a linear actuation cable to a fixed structure is provided with a lock condition indicator. If the end fitting is properly installed in locking engagement with the mating structure, the lock condition indicator can be latched down to lie close to the main body of the end fitting. If the end fitting is not properly installed, the lock condition indicator cannot be latched down, but instead stands out away from the main body to give a clearly visible indication of improper installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Hi-Lex Corporation
    Inventor: Brian J. Wild
  • Patent number: 5036725
    Abstract: A cable operated assembly for actuating a device comprises a housing assembly and a plunger movably mounted within the assembly for movement between return and actuating positions. A coil spring is mounted within the housing and biases the plunger toward the return position. A cable is movable in return and actuating directions relative to the housing and has one end engageable with the device to be actuated. The other end of the cable is connected to the plunger so as to permit movement of the cable relative to the plunger when the same moves toward the actuating position, and limiting relative movement of the cable when the plunger is moved toward the return position thereby to move the cable in the return direction. A second coil spring has a biasing force less than that of the first coil spring and urges the cable in the actuating direction, but is normally compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: Hi-Lex Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Troiano