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US 12,606,287 B2Granted
Outboard motor and marine vessel
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKimitaka Saruwatari, Tomohiro Hagi
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Abstract
An outboard motor includes a steering mechanism including a pinion located in a central portion of an outboard motor body in a right-left direction and operable to rotate together with the outboard motor body, a rack operable to linearly move to rotate the pinion, and a rack position detector on a first side of the rack opposite to the pinion to detect a position of the rack.
Claims20
An outboard motor comprising:
- an outboard motor body;
- and
- a steering mechanism to rotate the outboard motor body about a steering shaft;
- wherein
- the steering mechanism includes:
- a pinion located in a central portion of the outboard motor body in a right-left direction and operable to rotate together with the outboard motor body;
- a rack operable to linearly move to rotate the pinion;
- and
- a rack position detector on a first side of the rack, opposite to a second side of the rack where the pinion is located, to detect a position of the rack.
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An outboard motor comprising:
- an outboard motor body;
- and
- a steering mechanism to rotate the outboard motor body about a steering shaft;
- wherein
- the steering mechanism includes:
- a rotary member located in a central portion of the outboard motor body in a right-left direction and operable to rotate together with the outboard motor body;
- a linearly moving member operable to linearly move to rotate the rotary member;
- and
- a linearly moving member position detector on a first side of the linearly moving member, opposite to a second side of the linearly moving member where the rotary member is located, to detect a position of the linearly moving member.
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A marine vessel comprising:
- a hull;
- and
- an outboard motor attached to a stern of the hull;
- wherein
- the outboard motor includes:
- an outboard motor body;
- and
- a steering mechanism to rotate the outboard motor body about a steering shaft;
- and
- the steering mechanism includes:
- a pinion located in a central portion of the outboard motor body in a right-left direction and operable to rotate together with the outboard motor body;
- a rack operable to linearly move to rotate the pinion;
- and
- a rack position detector on a first side of the rack, opposite to a second side of the rack where the pinion is located, to detect a position of the rack.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.