Ships – Steering mechanism – Remote control steering excluding manual operation
Patent
1993-05-24
1995-01-03
Swinehart, Edwin L.
Ships
Steering mechanism
Remote control steering excluding manual operation
114270, B63H 2500
Patent
active
053776097
ABSTRACT:
A pivotable handle pole assembly for jet skis has integral gas spring for exerting a resilient upward bias force on the free end of the handle containing controls for the jet ski, thereby decreasing the apparent weight of the free end of the handle. The handle pole assembly includes a laterally elongated rectangular transverse cross-section beam pivotably mounted at the front end thereof between a pair of laterally spaced apart, longitudinally disposed flange plates forming side walls of a mounting frame having a flat base adapted to be attached to the body of a jet ski. A longitudinally disposed groove in the lower wall of the beam located between a vertical midplane and a side wall of the beam runs rearward from the front portion of the beam. An elongated linear gas spring within the groove has one end thereof pivotably fastened between opposite longitudinal groove walls, near the rear transverse wall of the groove. A piston rod protruding outwardly from the gas spring cylinder has an outer end pivotably fastened to the inner surface of an adjacent frame side wall. Gas pressure within the spring resiliently biases the beam of the handle pole assembly to an upward position.
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patent: 5067277 (1991-11-01), Magalotti
patent: 5103754 (1992-04-01), Fujitsubo
Chapin William L.
Swinehart Edwin L.
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