Connector for vane steering of marine drive

Details Connector for vane steering of marine drive Connector for vane steering of marine drive

1981-11-16

1983-11-22

Blix, Trygve M.

Marine propulsion

Screw propeller

Combined with rudder

440 61, 440 62, 440 63, 114144R, 74480R, B63H 2126

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active

044166362

ABSTRACT:
A steering system (15) for a boat (16) provides a loss motion connector (85) having a cavity (87) to rotatably retain a selectively movable input member (79). The cavity (87) includes a pair of spaced side walls (92, 93) forming stops which are rotatable in response to the movement of the input member (79). The input member (79) is connected through a pin (97) located within the cavity (87) to an inter-connecting cable (36) to rotate a pivotal vane (22) located within the slip stream (34) of a drive unit (18) to control the direction of boat movement in response to the movement of the input member (79) when spaced from the stops (92, 93) without imparting a rotative steering force to a steering arm (82). The connector (85) is operatively connected to directly rotate the drive unit (18) in response to the movement of the input member (79) when engaging one of the stops (92, 93) to provide a direct connection between the connector (85) and attached connecting rod (113) to control the rotation of the steering arm (82) to control the direction of boat movement irrespective of the rotative position of the vane (22).

REFERENCES:
patent: 2993464 (1961-07-01), Conover
patent: 3149605 (1964-09-01), Broadwell
patent: 3943878 (1976-03-01), Kirkwood et al.
patent: 4318701 (1982-03-01), Kirkwood et al.
patent: 4323353 (1982-04-01), Kirkwood
patent: 4349341 (1982-09-01), Morgan et al.
patent: 4362515 (1982-12-01), Ginnow

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