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Steering apparatus

US4449420A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 14, 1981
Grant dateMay 22, 1984
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/20486
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering apparatus comprising an operating unit having an operating pulley rotated by a steering wheel, a steering unit having a steering pulley rotated by two inner cables so as to steer a rudder means through a steering screw rotated by the steering pulley and a steering pipe moved by the steering screw, and substantially two pull cables having the two inner cables connecting the operating unit and the steering unit, whereby the rudder is operated by the steering wheel without the influence of waves, and further the steering apparatus can be constructed by combination of the plural operating units and the plural steering units.

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