US 12,331,777 B2
Bowden cable coupling for releasably coupling a first Bowden cable to a second Bowden cable
Gregor Horacek, Ransbach-Baumbach (DE)
Assigned to GKF Invest GmbH, Ransbach-Baumbach (DE)
Filed by GKF Invest GmbH, Ransbach-Baumbach, DE (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/539,692.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 133 228.4 (DE), filed on Dec. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0200591 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. F16C 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 1/101 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Bowden cable coupling for releasably coupling a first Bowden cable to a second Bowden cable, comprising:
a first coupling unit, wherein the first coupling unit has a first guide bushing and a first sliding unit, wherein the first sliding unit is connected to a first core of the first Bowden cable, wherein the first guide bushing has a first passage opening for receiving the first core of the first Bowden cable, wherein the first sliding unit is mounted in the first guide bushing so as to be displaceable in an axial direction;
a second coupling unit, wherein the second coupling unit has a second guide bushing and a second sliding unit, wherein the second sliding unit is connected to a second core of the second Bowden cable, wherein the second guide bushing has a second passage opening for receiving the second core of the second Bowden cable, wherein the second sliding unit is mounted in the second guide bushing so as to be displaceable in the axial direction; and
a coupling sleeve;
wherein the second coupling unit is connected to the coupling sleeve, wherein the second guide bushing is mounted in the coupling sleeve so as to be displaceable in the axial direction, and the second sliding unit is connected to the coupling sleeve so as to be positionally fixed; and wherein the first coupling unit is releasably connected to the coupling sleeve by way of a bayonet closure, wherein the first sliding unit has a first constituent part of the bayonet closure and the coupling sleeve has a second constituent part of the bayonet closure that corresponds to the first constituent part, wherein the first coupling unit is insertable into the coupling sleeve in the axial direction and the first sliding unit by rotating in a rotation direction about the axial direction is able to be transferred to a closure position of the bayonet closure, wherein in the closure position of the bayonet closure the first guide bushing is mounted in the coupling sleeve so as to be displaceable in the axial direction and the first sliding unit is coupled to the coupling sleeve in such a way that in the closure position of the bayonet closure relative movements of the first sliding unit and the second sliding unit in relation to the first guide bushing and the second guide bushing, respectively, are mutually coupled by way of the coupling sleeve.