US 11,305,856 B2Granted

Steering apparatus for outboard motor

AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation

InventorShouhei Tejima

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Abstract

A steering apparatus for an outboard motor is provided, which stabilizes a steering load of the outboard motor to realize good steering performance, and further is excellent in durability even when a load acts on a steering handle from above. Between a steering bracket (15) and a swivel bracket (14), a steering load adjustment device (20) that adjusts a loaded load to a steering operation following steering of a steering handle (18), and a suspension portion (40) that allows the steering load adjustment device to be supported by the steering bracket are included, and load absorbing portions (44, 22b) that absorb a load applied to the steering bracket from above are provided respectively at the suspension portion and the steering load adjustment device.

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Dependent claims

A steering apparatus for an outboard motor, the steering apparatus comprising:

a steering load adjustment device that adjusts a loaded load to a steering operation following steering of a steering handle;
and
a suspension portion that allows the steering load adjustment device to be supported by a steering bracket,
wherein the steering load adjustment device and the suspension portion are provided between the steering bracket and a swivel bracket,
wherein load absorbing portions that absorb a load applied to the steering bracket from above are provided respectively at the suspension portion and the steering load adjustment device, and
wherein a spring constant of the load absorbing portion of the suspension portion is smaller than a spring constant of the load absorbing portion of the steering load adjustment device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/024,747Filed 18 Sep 2020
Priority: JP JP2019-19514128 Oct 2019
Published: US 2021/0122451 A129 Apr 2021
Granted: 19 Apr 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B63H 20/06
Mounting of propulsion units: on an intermediate support
B63H 20/12
Means enabling movement of the position of the propulsion element, e.g. for trim, tilt or steering; Control of trim or tilt: means enabling steering
B63H 20/02
Outboard propulsion units, e.g. outboard motors or Z-drives; Arrangements thereof on vessels: mounting of propulsion units
B63H
Marine propulsion or steering

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US 2021/0122451 A1Pre-grant publication · published 29 Apr 2021
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