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A vehicle has a storage compartment latch that includes a moveable detent member and a release actuator for moving the detent member to a release position that is operated from inside the storage compartment. The release actuator has a handle that pulls a cable to move the detent member. The cable i

A vehicle has a storage compartment latch that includes a moveable detent member and a release actuator for moving the detent member to a release position that is operated from inside the storage compartment. The release actuator has a handle that pulls a cable to move the detent member. The cable is attached to the detent member by a cable attachment that comprises a retention slot in an end portion of the detent member and an end length of the cable that has a ferrule attached to it. The end length of the cable is loaded into the retention slot in a transverse manner via a loading slot and transition slots in the end portion of the detent member.

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1. A cable attachment for attaching a cable to an end portion of a member comprising:the member having an open ended loading slot that extends completely across and into the end portion of the member to an inner end forming separate cantilevered fingers extending across the member on opposite sides

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A cable attachment for attaching a cable to an end portion of a member comprising:the member having an open ended loading slot that extends completely across and into the end portion of the member to an inner end forming separate cantilevered fingers extending across the member on opposite sides of the loading slot, the loading slot spanning the separate fingers to form openings between the fingers at opposite sides of the end portion,the end portion of the member having a retaining slot that is transverse to the loading slot, the loading slot having an inner end portion and the retaining slot having an open end that communicates with the inner end portion of the loading slot and a closed end that is remote from the inner end portion of the loading slot,the end portion of the member having a first transition slot that extends from one of the opposite sides of the end portion of the member through one of the fingers into the inner end portion of the loading slot and to the open end of the retaining slot,the end portion of the member having a second transition slot that extends from another of the opposite sides of the end portion of the member through another of the fingers into the inner end portion of the loading slot and to the open end of the retaining slot, andthe cable extending through the retaining slot and having a ferrule that engages a surface of the end portion of the member adjacent the retaining slot for moving the member, the cable being moveable axially in the retaining slot to form a lost motion attachment with the end portion of the member. 2. The cable attachment as defined in claim 1 wherein the cable is loaded into the retaining slot through the loading slot and the first and the second transition slots. 3. The cable attachment as defined in claim 1 wherein the second transition slot is coplanar with the first transition slot. 4. The cable attachment as defined in claim 1 wherein the retaining slot is linear. 5. The cable attachment as defined in claim 1 wherein the retaining slot is shaped to inhibit escape of the cable transverse to the axis of the cable. 6. A cable attachment for attaching a cable to an end portion of a member comprising:the member having an open ended loading slot that extends completely across and into the end portion of the member to an inner end forming separate cantilevered fingers extending across the member on opposite sides of the loading slot, the loading slot spanning the separate fingers to form openings between the fingers at opposite sides of the end portion,the end portion of the member having a retaining slot that is transverse to the loading slot, the loading slot having an inner end portion and the retaining slot having an open end that communicates with the inner end portion of the loading slot and a closed end that is remote from the inner end portion of the loading slot,the end portion of the member having a first transition slot that extends from one of the opposite sides of the end portion of the member through one of the fingers into the inner end portion of the loading slot and to the open end of the retaining slot,the end portion of the member having a second transition slot that extends from another of the opposite sides of the end portion of the member through another of the fingers into the inner end portion of the loading slot and to the open end of the retaining slot, andthe cable extending through the retaining slot and having a ferrule that engages a surface of the end portion of the member adjacent the retaining slot for moving the member, the cable being moveable axially in the retaining slot to form a lost motion attachment with the end portion of the member, wherein,the retaining slot is shaped to inhibit escape of the cable transverse to the axis of the cable,the retaining slot having a linear portion adjacent the open end, a linear portion adjacent the closed end, and a curved intermediate portion that inhibits movement of the cable transversely in the retaining slot between the closed end and the open end. 7. The cable attachment as defined in claim 6 wherein the cable is disposed in the linear portion of the retaining slot that is adjacent the closed end. 8. A cable attachment for attaching a cable to an end portion of a moveable member comprising:the member having an open ended loading slot that extends completely across and into the end portion of the member to an inner end forming separate cantilevered fingers extending across the member on opposite sides of the loading slot, the loading slot spanning the separate fingers to form openings between the fingers at opposite sides of the end portion,the end portion of the member having a retaining slot that is perpendicular to the loading slot, the loading slot having an inner end portion and the retaining slot having an open end portion that communicates with the inner end portion of the loading slot and a closed end that is remote from the inner end portion of the loading slot,the end portion of the member having a first transition slot that extends from one of the opposite sides of the end portion of the member through one of the fingers into the inner end portion of the loading slot and to the open end of the retaining slot,the end portion of the member having a second transition slot that extends from another of the opposite sides of the end portion of the member through another of the fingers into the inner end portion of the loading slot and to the open end of the retaining slot, andthe cable extending through the retaining slot and having a ferrule that engages a surface of the end portion of the member adjacent the retaining slot for moving the member, the cable being moveable axially in the retaining slot to form a lost motion attachment with the end portion of the moveable member. 9. A method of assembling a cable attachment comprising the steps of:providing a member having an open ended loading slot that extends completely across and into the end portion of the member to an inner end forming separate cantilevered fingers extending across the member on opposite sides of the loading slot, the loading slot spanning the separate fingers to form openings between the fingers at opposite sides of the end portion, a retaining slot that is transverse to the loading slot, the loading slot having an inner end portion and the retaining slot having an open end that communicates with the inner end portion of the loading slot and a closed end that is remote from the inner end portion of the loading slot, a first transition slot that extends from one of the opposite sides of the end portion of the member through one of the fingers into the inner end portion of the loading slot and to the open end of the retaining slot, and a second transition slot that extends from another of the opposite sides of the end portion of the member through another of the fingers into the inner end portion of the loading slot and to the open end of the retaining slot,providing a cable having a ferrule attached to it,inserting an end length of the cable transversely into the loading slot until the cable is disposed in the inner end portion of the loading slot,rotating the end length of the cable in a planar fashion through the first and the second transition slots until the length of the cable is aligned with the open end of the retaining slot, andinserting the end length of the cable into the retaining slot so that the cable is moveable axially in the retaining slot and the ferrule is engagable with a surface of the member adjacent the retaining slot. 10. The method as defined in claim 9 wherein the retaining slot has a linear portion adjacent the open end, a linear portion adjacent the closed end, and a curved intermediate portion that inhibits movement of the cable transversely in the retaining slot between the closed end and the open end, and wherein the end length of the cable is inserted into the retaining slot until it is disposed in the inner end portion of the retaining slot.