Remote controls for marine engine employing rotatable flexible shafts
US4228760A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 1979 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/20232
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Boat's engine speed and direction of rotation of the engine's propeller shaft are remotely controlled at the helm. Movement of hand control knobs through a semicircular area controls the full range of speed of the engine as well as its forward-neutral-reverse actuator. The knobs rotate a pulley structure which steps up rotation to flexible shafts. The stepped-up rotation of the flexible shafts is converted to linear motion by ball screw cylinders having output members connected to the engine's speed and propeller shaft actuators.
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