Ships – Steering mechanism – Remote control steering excluding manual operation
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-16
2011-08-16
Swinehart, Ed (Department: 3617)
Ships
Steering mechanism
Remote control steering excluding manual operation
C440S087000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07997222
ABSTRACT:
In a system for controlling outboard motors each mounted on a boat and each having an internal combustion engine and a shift mechanism, an actuator driving at least one of the shift mechanism and a throttle valve of the engine, and a controller controlling operation of the actuator, comprising: a navigation unit having a steering wheel installed to be freely operable by an operator and a steering angle detector producing an output indicative of a steering angle of the steering wheel, wherein the outboard motors are immovably fastened to the boat, such that each of the controllers controls the operation of the actuator cooperatively based on the output of the steering angle detector, to regulate traveling direction of the boat. With this, it becomes possible to control a traveling direction of the boat based on a steering command issued by the operator, while achieving a compact outboard motor.
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Hiroshima Naoki
Masubuchi Yoshinori
Blackman William D.
Carrier Joseph P.
Carrier Blackman & Associates P.C.
Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
Swinehart Ed
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