A positioning device for positioning an optical component that includes a body having a threaded bore extending through a top surface, a pin chamber extending into a front surface and a ball bearing channel being in communication with the threaded bore and the pin chamber. The device further includes a plurality of ball bearings positioned within the ball bearing channel and a screw threaded into the threaded bore and being coupled to a top one of the ball bearings. The device also includes a positioning pin positioned within the pin chamber, where the positioning pin is coupled to a bottom one of the ball bearings, and where threading the screw into the bore causes the screw to push downward on the ball bearings which causes the ball bearings to push on the positioning pin and extend it out of the body.

A cable steering and actuation assembly includes a steering input device. The assembly also includes a first cable operatively coupled to the steering input device. The assembly further includes a second cable operatively coupled to the steering input device. The assembly yet further includes a pulley, wherein the first cable surrounds a portion of the pulley. The assembly also includes an output connector assembly operatively coupled to the first cable and the second cable, wherein a steering input by the steering input device in a first direction results in the first cable being in tension and adjusting the position of the output connector assembly, wherein a steering input by the steering input device in a second direction results in the second cable being in tension and adjusting the position of the output connector assembly.

An automatic throttle for a hydrostatic transmission having a forward pedal and a reverse pedal. Each pedal actuates a swash plate on a hydraulic pump for forward and reverse travel. A first bell crank and a second bell crank are connected to the forward pedal and the reverse pedal respectively. Each bell crank may pull a Bowden cable connected to an engine throttle to increase engine speed when either of the pedals is depressed.

An apparatus includes a housing, a cable guide, a first cable, and a second cable. The housing is coupled to a shaft of a medical instrument. The cable guide is coupled to the housing, and defines a shaft opening into a passageway defined by the shaft. A first guide groove and a second guide groove are defined by the cable guide, with each of the first guide groove and the second guide groove being splayed outward from the shaft opening. The first cable is routed within the first guide groove and through the shaft opening, and is configured to slide within the first guide groove. The second cable is routed within the second guide groove and through the shaft opening, and is configured to slide within the second guide groove.

An apparatus includes a housing, a cable guide, a first cable, and a second cable. The housing is coupled to a shaft of a medical instrument. The cable guide is coupled to the housing, and defines a shaft opening into a passageway defined by the shaft. A first guide groove and a second guide groove are defined by the cable guide, with each of the first guide groove and the second guide groove being splayed outward from the shaft opening. The first cable is routed within the first guide groove and through the shaft opening, and is configured to slide within the first guide groove. The second cable is routed within the second guide groove and through the shaft opening, and is configured to slide within the second guide groove.

Cable splitter devices, assemblies, and methods of use are disclosed. A cable splitter device is disclosed. A cable splitter assembly includes a housing, a slider, first cables, and second cables. The housing defines a first number of first slots and a second number of second slots different from the first number. The slider is slidably coupled to the housing. The slider defines the first number of first channels and the second number of second channels. The first cables extend through the first number of first slots and have an end positioned within a respective first channel of the slider. The second cables extend through the second number of second slots and have an end positioned within a respective second channel of the slider. A clipping element may be configured to fix a longitudinal position of a respective first cable at multiple different locations along the first channel.

A parking cable has a plurality of plastic split type liners, which reduces frictional resistance between the inner cable and a conduit among the components of the parking cable. The plurality of split type liners is press-fitted and disposed to a desired position in an inner diameter of the conduit. The plastic split type liners may serve as a guide that ensures force for smoothly moving the inner cable and also improve in-line assembly properties. A method of manufacturing the parking cable includes press fitting the plurality of split type liners between the inner cable and the conduit.

Electric motor furniture drive for adjusting parts of a piece of furniture relative to one another has a drive unit which has at least one electric motor and is in drive connection with at least one tensioning unit. Furniture drive has a base body which is preferably configured as a housing and is accommodated in or on the tensioning unit. At least two Bowden cables are operatively associated with each tensioning unit, traction cables of Bowden cables being in operative connection with associated tensioning unit. Traction cables are guided or guidable to tensioning unit(s) through at least one recess in the housing. The sheathings of the Bowden cables are fixed or fixable to the base body.

A flexible transmission system having a connection element for cables, which transmit rotation from the drive shaft to the dispensers, transmission housings are used. These are arranged in a manner to allow that possible vertical oscillations of the equipment, caused by irregularities in the ground, so not to interfere in the consistency and regularity of the rotation transmission, maintaining the product deposition rate for which the machine was initially regulated, to guarantee its productivity and using, to achieve this, a reduced number of component parts. This facilitates not only the assembly but also the maintenance of the equipment, with direct consequences on its production cost.

An outer casing attachment structure includes a cables extending in a same direction, outer casings to which the inner cables is respectively inserted, a connecting member to which ends of the outer casings are connected, and a holding member including a holding part configured to hold the connecting member, wherein an installation space where the connecting member is disposed, and an opening provided in a direction perpendicular to an axis direction of the inner cables and configured to communicate between the installation space and outside are formed in the holding part, wherein the holding part includes a first retainer part and a second retainer part formed on both sides of the opening in an arrangement direction of the inner cables, and the connecting member includes a first engaging part configured to engage with the first retainer part, and a second engaging part configured to engage with the second retainer part.