Ships – Steering mechanism – Wheel-shaft gearing
Patent
1999-06-04
2000-08-22
Avila, Stephen
Ships
Steering mechanism
Wheel-shaft gearing
440 40, B63H 2508
Patent
active
06105528&
ABSTRACT:
A steering handle apparatus for a watercraft provided with a steering shaft comprises a housing attached to the body of the watercraft, a tube member supported on the housing so as to be able to tilt back and forth around a pivot portion and including a gear portion and a guide hole through which the steering shaft is passed, a locking member including a fitting portion movable between a locking position for engagement with the gear portion and an unlocking position for disengagement from the gear portion, and an operating member including a retaining portion for moving the locking member. The operating member is operable between an up position in which the locking member is moved to the unlocking position and a down position in which the locking member is moved to the locking position.
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patent: 4531921 (1985-07-01), Teraura et al.
patent: 5256090 (1993-10-01), Woolley
Kuroi Shigeru
Madachi Takaaki
Avila Stephen
NHK Morse Co., Ltd.
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
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