Trim apparatus for outboard motor

Details Trim apparatus for outboard motor Trim apparatus for outboard motor

1993-03-16

1994-08-16

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Ships

Steering mechanism

Remote control steering excluding manual operation

439 15, 439245, 74484H, 74480B, H01R 3900

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053376943

ABSTRACT:
A kit for locating on the steering wheel of a watercraft a switch assembly for operating actuating mechanisms for tilting upwardly or downwardly the outdrive of a motor associated with the watercraft to enable the operator of the watercraft to keep both hands on the steering wheel especially when the watercraft is travelling at a high rate of speed. The kit comprises a switch assembly for mounting on the steering wheel; a cable reel assembly having a rotary housing and a stationary housing mounted to the vehicle; and a wiring harness having a first end electrically connected to the switch assembly, an intermediate section fixed to the rotary housing and coiled into a plurality of convolutions within a chamber in the stationary housing for expansion within the chamber if the steering wheel is turned in one direction and contraction within the chamber if the steering wheel is turned in the other direction, and being operatively connected to the actuating mechanisms which causing the tilting of the motor.

REFERENCES:
patent: Re27932 (1974-02-01), Mettetal
patent: 4744763 (1988-05-01), Suzuki
patent: 4844359 (1989-07-01), Kato
patent: 4943240 (1990-07-01), Karlsson
patent: 5010784 (1991-04-01), Nakazato
patent: 5049082 (1991-09-01), Carter

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