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US 10,370,076 B2Granted
Steering apparatus providing variable steering ratios
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorJustin M. Wireman
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Abstract
Steering apparatus having variable steering ratios are disclosed herein. An apparatus disclosed herein includes a steering drum having an oblong shaped cross section and a cable wrapped around an outer surface of the steering drum.
Claims21
An apparatus comprising:
- a steering drum having an oblong shaped cross section and a helical groove;
- and
- a cable wrapped around only a portion of an outer surface of the steering drum in the helical groove, the portion of the outer surface less than a perimeter of the steering drum.
An apparatus comprising:
- a steering drum having a helical groove and a lateral cross-sectional shape to provide a varying steering ratio;
- a first cable wound around only a first portion of the helical groove to rotate the drum in a first direction, the first portion less than a perimeter of the steering drum;
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- a second cable wound around only a second portion of the helical groove to rotate the drum in a second direction, the second portion less than the perimeter of the steering drum.
1 more element
An apparatus comprising:
- means for providing a variable steering ratio having a helical groove;
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- means for rotating the means for providing the variable steering ratio, the means for rotating wrapped around only a portion of a perimeter of the means for providing the variable steering ratio in the helical groove and having a first end and a second end, the first end distal to the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.