Patents Assigned to Teleflex Corporation
  • Patent number: 8156881
    Abstract: A steering shaft is rotatably supported on a body by a housing, and a slide portion having a handlebar attachment portion at the top is attached to the steering shaft. The rotational movement of a handlebar around the central axis of the steering shaft is regulated by a rotation regulating mechanism, while the axial translation of the handlebar is allowed. The steering shaft is provided with a plurality of grooves. A lock mechanism provided in the slide portion inserts a locking bar into any one of the grooves to regulate the axial translation of the slide portion. Owing to the shape of a link portion and a cam groove constituting the lock mechanism, the locking bar is not pulled, out of the groove by operations other than a release operation using a release lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignees: NHK Teleflex Corporation, Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taishi Ozaki, Yoshiki Futaki
  • Publication number: 20100000458
    Abstract: A steering shaft is rotatably supported on a body by a housing, and a slide portion having a handlebar attachment portion at the top is attached to the steering shaft. The rotational movement of a handlebar around the central axis of the steering shaft is regulated by a rotation regulating mechanism, while the axial translation of the handlebar is allowed. The steering shaft is provided with a plurality of grooves. A lock mechanism provided in the slide portion inserts a locking bar into any one of the grooves to regulate the axial translation of the slide portion. Owing to the shape of a link portion and a cam groove constituting the lock mechanism, the locking bar is not pulled, out of the groove by operations other than a release operation using a release lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicants: NHK TELEFLEX CORPORATION, YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taishi OZAKI, Yoshiki Futaki
  • Patent number: 5911790
    Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly (10) comprising a conduit (12) and a motion transmitting core element (14) movably supported in the conduit (12). A support fitting (16) supports the conduit (12) through an aperture (18) in a support structure (20) and includes a body portion (22 and 24) and first integral abutment (26) for abutting one extremity of the aperture (18) and second integral abutment (28) spaced along the body portion (22 and 24) from the first abutment (26). A U-shaped retaining member (30) is removably mounted on the body portion (22 and 24) and has a first surface (32) engaging the second abutment (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Teleflex Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne L. Bates, Srinath Srinivas