Ships – Steering mechanism – Remote control steering excluding manual operation
Patent
1978-10-12
1981-05-12
Blix, Trygve M.
Ships
Steering mechanism
Remote control steering excluding manual operation
B63H 2500
Patent
active
042664977
ABSTRACT:
A marine steering arrangement which includes a hydraulic steering machine, variable discharge type pump units for actuating the hydraulic steering machine and power units for remotely manipulating the pump units. The power units are provided respectively in at least two channels which includes a spare channel. Additionally, a mechanical control for mechanically coupling the pump units to the power units to control the pump units and mechanically receive a feedback of an amount of steering done by the steering machine is provided in the at least two channels which include a spare channel. Further, there are hydraulic coupling/decoupling devices interposed in control force transmission systems in the mechanical control, each of which can be switched between a first state for transmitting a control force and a second state for not transmitting a control force.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2455090 (1948-11-01), Pritchard
patent: 2892310 (1959-06-01), Mercier
patent: 3464319 (1969-09-01), Sherman et al.
Honda Moriji
Mishina Haruhiko
Toda Kashiku
Blix Trygve M.
Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Sotelo Jesus D.
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