Appeal No. 97-2785
Application 08/173,698
for reissuing appellant’s Patent No. 5,104,156 . The original 2
patent claims 1 through 4, which are the only other claims in
the application, have been allowed.
The invention disclosed in appellant’s ‘156 patent
relates to a remote control assembly 10 having a flexible,
motion transmitting core element 12 extending through a
flexible conduit 14. The core element 12 may be utilized as a
push/pull cable for such components as a steering member or
throttle member in a marine craft or other vehicle. In order
to detachably secure the flexible conduit 14 to a support
structure 20, the control assembly 10 includes a female
housing 28 and a male coupler end fitting 22. The female
housing 28 is fixed to the support structure 20. The male
coupler end fitting 22 is attached to an end of the flexible
conduit 14 and is releasably locked in the female housing 28
by a locking element such as a spring biased locking ring 32
(Figure 2) or a retractable locking bolt 112
(Figure 3) to thereby couple the flexible conduit 14 to the
2A copy of the claims 5-8 as appended to appellants brief
is attached to this decision.
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