Ships – Steering mechanism – Remote control steering excluding manual operation
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-07
2008-03-04
Winner, Tony (Department: 3611)
Ships
Steering mechanism
Remote control steering excluding manual operation
C114S055520, C440S06100B, C180S417000, C180S444000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07337739
ABSTRACT:
Steering-force detection sections, including a pressure-receiving section and a received-pressure detection section, are spaced from one another in the vicinity of a steering shaft. The steering shaft can include a pressing member for applying pressure to the pressure-receiving section when steering handlebars are rotated in either direction to the maximum steering angle. The pressure-receiving section and the received-pressure detection section are coaxially mounted in a pressure-receiving section casing and a detection section casing, respectively, through a guide tube, so that the pressure-receiving directions of both the pressure-receiving sections are parallel to one another and perpendicular to the direction in which the steering-force detection sections are spaced. The detection section casing includes mounting openings for mounting the received-pressure detecting sections and an electric circuit board, which is integrally connected to the received-pressure detecting sections. The mounting openings are formed in the same direction as each other and perpendicularly to the pressure-receiving direction of the pressure-receiving section.
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Co-Pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/146,728 filed Jun. 7, 2005. Title: Steering Force Detection Device for Steering Handle of Vehicle. Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kaneko et al.
Harada Yoshinori
Kaneko Yoshiyuki
Koyanagi Tomoyoshi
Mizuno Yutaka
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Winner Tony
Yamaha Marine Kabushiki Kaisha
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