Shift and steering control system for water jet apparatus

US6244914A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Bombardier Motor Corporation of America · US

Inventors

• Michael Freitag · Würzburg, DE
• Paul E. Westhoff · Kenosha, US
• Richard McChesney · Waukegan, US
• James R. Jones · Lancaster, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 24, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2001
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B63H21/213
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A water jet apparatus mounted to a horizontal hull section and having a shift and steering control assembly which penetrates a hole in that hull section. The shift and steering control assembly has a modular lever and shaft subassembly which is installed in the inlet housing, before the inlet housing is installed in the hull. The modular lever and shaft assembly includes a shift and steering control housing mounted to the inlet housing and having respective bores for housing shift and steering shafts. Upper shift and steering levers are coupled to the upper ends of the shift and steering shafts respectively, while lower shift and steering levers are coupled to the lower ends of the shift and steering shafts respectively. Respective control cables are attached to the upper levers inside the hull; respective control rods for operating a steering nozzle and a reverse gate are attached to the lower levers outside the hull.