Position adjustment mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12234859-B2
Application number	US-202017626133-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2020
Priority date	Aug 23, 2019
Publication date	Feb 25, 2025
Grant date	Feb 25, 2025

Abstract

Provided is a position adjustment mechanism including: a case; a moving member including a first engaging part and a second engaging part; a lock member provided in the case so as to be movable between a lock position for regulating movement of the moving member in a first direction with respect to the case and a separate position for allowing relative movement of the moving member with respect to the case; and a long member. The lock member includes: a first engaged part engaging with the first engaging part in the first direction; and a second engaged part engaging with the second engaging part in the first direction. When the lock member is at the separate position, the lock member regulates separation of the moving member from the case by engagement of the first engaging part with the first engaged part in the first direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A position adjustment mechanism configured to perform long member position adjustment, comprising:
a case extending in a first direction;
a moving member movable in the first direction with respect to the case;
a lock member attached to the case so as to be movable in a second direction with respect to the case, the second direction being a direction perpendicular to the first direction; and
a long member connected to the case and/or the moving member, wherein
the moving member includes:
a first engaging part that engages with the lock member in the first direction; and
a second engaging part that engages with the lock member in the first direction by movement of the lock member in the second direction,

the lock member includes:
a first engaged part that engages with the first engaging part in the first direction; and
a second engaged part that engages with the second engaging part in the first direction by the movement of the lock member in the second direction,

the moving member and the case are assembled such that the moving member separates from the case by moving in a separation direction of the first direction with respect to the case,
the lock member is provided in the case so as to be movable between a lock position and a separate position, the lock position being a position at which the second engaged part engages with the second engaging part in the second direction to regulate movement of the moving member in the first direction with respect to the case, the separate position being a position at which the second engaged part separates from the second engaging part in the second direction to allow relative movement of the moving member with respect to the case,
when the lock member is at the separate position, the lock member regulates separation of the moving member from the case by engagement of the first engaging part with the first engaged part in the first direction,
the moving member allows a relative position of the moving member with respect to the case to be adjusted by separation of the first engaging part from the first engaged part of the lock member and the relative movement of the moving member with respect to the case,
the lock member comprises an abutting part which faces the moving member in the second direction such that movement of the lock member from the separate position to the lock position is regulated in a state in which the first engagement part and the first engaged part are engaged in the first direction,
the moving member comprises a protrusion which protrudes from the moving member such that the protrusion can engage with the abutting part in the second direction when the lock member is positioned at the separate position, and
the movement of the lock member from the separate position to the lock position is regulated by engagement of the protrusion and the abutting part of the lock member in the second direction.

2. The position adjustment mechanism configured to perform the long member position adjustment according to claim 1 , comprising an elastic member that includes a first end part and a second end part, the first end part being connected to the moving member, the second end part being connected to the case, wherein
the elastic member is provided so as to energize the moving member in the first direction, and
the elastic member energizes the moving member in a direction of the first direction, the direction being a direction in which the first engaging part of the moving member engages with the first engaged part toward the first engaged part.

3. The position adjustment mechanism configured to perform the long member position adjustment according to claim 1 , wherein the second engaging part is configured to engage with the second engaged part in both directions of the first direction.

4. The position adjustment mechanism configured to perform the long member position adjustment according to claim 1 , wherein:
the protrusion protrudes in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and the case is provided with a fitting part in which the protrusion fits so as to be movable in the first direction,
the first engaging part is provided in the protrusion, and
separation of the moving member with respect to the case is regulated by engagement of the first engaging part of the protrusion and the first engaged part of the lock member in the first direction.

5. The position adjustment mechanism configured to perform the long member position adjustment according to claim 4 , wherein:
the position adjustment mechanism is provided with a second protrusion and a second fitting part, the second protrusion being on a side of the separation direction with respect to the protrusion, the second fitting part being a part in which the second protrusion fits so as to be movable in the first direction, and
the moving member and the case relatively move with respect to each other by sliding of the protrusion with the fitting part and sliding of the second protrusion with the second fitting part.

Assignees

• Hi Lex Corp

Inventors

• Okada Tomoyoshi
• Hasegawa Tatsuhiko
• Nishimura Atsushi

Classifications

• F16C1/226

  by adjusting the effective length of the sheathing · CPC title

• F16C1/22 Primary

  Adjusting; Compensating length · CPC title

• H02G11/00

  Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts · CPC title

• B60R16/0215 Primary

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title