Tillers for marine drives having yaw adjustment device
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorsJessie Gao, Scott G. Ahlswede, Gary D. Needham, Robert A. Podell
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Abstract
A tiller is for steering a marine vessel. The tiller has a yaw bracket configured for attachment to a marine drive, a tiller arm which is pivotable about a yaw axis relative to the yaw bracket, and a yaw lock configured to lock the tiller arm in a plurality of yaw positions relative to the yaw bracket. Unlocking the yaw lock facilitates movement of the tiller arm into a new yaw position in the plurality of yaw positions.
Claims20
A tiller for steering a marine drive relative to a marine vessel, the tiller comprising:
- a yaw bracket configured for attachment to the marine drive;
- a tiller arm which is pivotable about a yaw axis relative to the yaw bracket;
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- a yaw lock configured to lock the tiller arm in a plurality of yaw positions relative to the yaw bracket, wherein unlocking the yaw lock facilitates movement of the tiller arm into a new yaw position in the plurality of yaw positions,
- wherein the yaw lock comprises a spring which biases the yaw lock towards an unlocked position and a cam which upon operation of the yaw lock cams the yaw lock into a locked position against the spring.
A tiller for steering a marine drive relative to a marine vessel, the tiller comprising:
- a yaw bracket configured for attachment to the marine drive;
- a tiller arm which is pivotable about a yaw axis relative to the yaw bracket;
- and
- a yaw lock configured to lock the tiller arm in a plurality of yaw positions relative to the yaw bracket, wherein unlocking the yaw lock facilitates movement of the tiller arm into a new yaw position in the plurality of yaw positions;
- wherein the yaw lock comprises a jaw which is engaged with one of the yaw bracket and the tiller arm in a locked position and which is disengaged from the one of the yaw bracket and the tiller arm in an unlocked position,
- wherein the jaw comprises a first plurality of teeth and wherein the one of the yaw bracket and the tiller arm comprises a second plurality of teeth;
- and further wherein the first plurality of teeth are meshed with the second plurality of teeth when the yaw lock is in the locked position, and the first plurality of teeth are not meshed with the second plurality of teeth when the yaw lock is in the unlocked position, and
- wherein the yaw lock further comprises a plunger which is slidable back and forth to bring the first plurality of teeth into and out of engagement with the second plurality of teeth.
A tiller for steering a marine drive relative to a marine vessel, the tiller comprising:
- a yaw bracket configured for attachment to the marine drive;
- a tiller arm which is pivotable about a yaw axis relative to the yaw bracket;
- and
- a yaw lock configured to lock the tiller arm in a plurality of yaw positions relative to the yaw bracket, wherein unlocking the yaw lock facilitates movement of the tiller arm into a new yaw position in the plurality of yaw positions;
- wherein the yaw lock extends through the yaw bracket and the tiller arm and comprises a jaw configured to engage with one of the yaw bracket and steering bracket to lock the tiller arm in each of the plurality of yaw positions, and
- wherein the yaw lock further comprises a plunger disposed in a through-bore extending through the yaw bracket and the tiller arm, wherein the plunger is slidable back and forth in the through-bore to move the jaw into and out of engagement with the one of the yaw bracket and the tiller arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.