Side-mount type engine control apparatus
AssigneeNHK Spring Co., Ltd.
InventorTaishi Ozaki
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Abstract
An engine control apparatus includes an apparatus body, and a control lever. The apparatus body includes a housing, an axis unit including a drive gear, a driven gear, and an angle sensor. A plurality of fixing portions are provided on the housing. A through-hole is formed in the fixing portion. The through-hole is communicated with a first side wall and a second side wall of the housing. The housing is fixed to a port-side mounting surface or a starboard-side mounting surface by a screw member inserted into the through-hole. When the control lever is operated, the drive gear and the driven gear are rotated in accordance with an angle of operation. A rotational angle of the driven gear is detected by an angle sensor.
Claims5
A side-mount type engine control apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- an axis unit provided rotatably in the housing;
- a control lever which is mounted on the axis unit, and is rotatable to a forward side or a reverse side from a neutral position;
- a drive gear which rotates together with the axis unit;
- a driven gear which meshes with the drive gear;
- a sensor mounting plate arranged between a first side wall and a second side wall of the housing;
- an angle sensor arranged on the sensor mounting plate;
- a fixing portion which is provided to the housing, and includes a through-hole into which a screw member for fixing the housing to a mounting surface is insertable, the through-hole being communicated with the first side wall and the second side wall of the housing;
- a first fitting portion provided on a boss portion on a lower end side of the control lever;
- a second fitting portion provided on a side opposite to the first fitting portion of the boss portion;
- a first lever mounting portion including a first recess provided on a first end portion of the axis unit;
- a second lever mounting portion including a second recess provided on a second end portion of the axis unit;
- a joint member including a coupling portion fitted to one of the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion, and a rotation prevention coupling portion fitted into one of the first recess and the second recess;
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- a center bolt which fixes the boss portion and the joint member to the axis unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.