Steering handle device for vessel
AssigneeNHK Spring Co., Ltd.
InventorShigeru Kuroi
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Abstract
A steering handle device includes a housing to be mounted on a hull, a tube member and a steering shaft. The tube member is rotatable in a forward/backward direction around the tilt shaft relative to the housing. The steering shaft is inserted to the tube member. A steering arm is attached to the steering shaft. The steering arm includes an extending portion extending to an outer side of the housing. A joint member is provided on the extending portion. The joint member includes a connection portion to connect to the steering cable and a support portion to support the connection portion. When the steering shaft is in the neutral position in the rotation direction, the connection portion is located in a position corresponding to the tilt shaft as viewing the housing from the lateral direction.
Claims4
A steering handle device for a vessel, comprising:
- a housing including a space therein;
- a tube member inserted into the space of the housing and supported by a tilt shaft having a first axis about which the tube member is rotatable back and forth with respect to the housing;
- a steering shaft to which a handlebar is attached at an upper portion thereof, the steering shaft having a second axis extending in a length direction, being inserted into the tube member, and being rotatable about the second axis with respect to the tube member;
- a steering arm provided at a lower end of the steering shaft and including an extending portion, the extending portion including a first portion and a second portion each extending toward an outer side of the housing, the second portion being located farther outward than the first portion, and the extending portion further including a third portion extending from an outer end of the second portion to a rear side of the housing;
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- a joint member provided on a rear end side of the third portion of the steering arm, the joint member including:
- a connection portion to which a joint mechanism of a steering cable is connected;
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- a support portion supports the connection portion within a range in which the tilt shaft is extended in a direction along the first axis in a state in which the steering shaft is in a neutral position along a rotation direction thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.