Overload safety fastener

Claim 1

In a motion transmitting control having an outer flexible conduit bent between opposite ends, an inner operating member reciprocable within the conduit, an end fitting extending axially from one end of the conduit with an externally threaded portion adapted to fit axially through an aperture in a mounting plate, the improvement comprising an overload safety fastener for yieldably securing the end fitting within the mounting plate aperture, said fastener having a pair of stops threadedly mounted for axial movement along the externally threaded portion of the end fitting, said stops being located on opposite sides of the mounting plate, said stops having radial flange faces, one of said stops being adapted for locating the end fitting relative to the mounting plate and taking up slack in the conduit, the other stop being positioned with its radial flange face spaced axially along the end fitting from the mounting plate, and resilient means extending axially of the end fitting between the radial flange face of said other stop and the mounting plate, said resilient means being compressed to a predetermined stress to resiliently urge said other stop away from the mounting plate, said resilient means being yieldable when the predetermined stress is overcome by an opposite force from the stop, said stops and resilient means being transposable on the end fitting to opposite sides of the mounting plate for accommodating overload stresses acting from either one side or the other side relative to the mounting plate.