Improvements in or relating to an outboard propulsion system
AssigneeCaudwell Marine Limited
InventorScott BREDDA
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Abstract
An outboard propulsion system comprising a first portion for attachment to a boat, wherein the first portion is fixed about a substantially vertical axis, and a second portion connected to the first portion and configured to rotate about a steering axis, wherein the first portion comprises a sealed housing enclosing a member having a longitudinal axis relative to which it may move and the second portion comprises a gear configured to engage with the member such that movement of the member relative to its longitudinal axis generates rotational movement of the gear about the steering axis, and wherein the sealed housing comprises a sensor configured to determine the position of the member within the sealed housing.
Claims20
An outboard propulsion system comprising:
- a first portion for attachment to a boat, wherein the first portion is fixed about a substantially vertical axis, and
- a second portion connected to the first portion and configured to rotate about a steering axis,
- wherein the first portion comprises a sealed housing enclosing a member having a longitudinal axis relative to which it may move and the second portion comprises a gear configured to engage with the member such that movement of the member relative to its longitudinal axis generates rotational movement of the gear about the steering axis, and
- wherein the sealed housing comprises a sensor configured to determine the position of the member within the sealed housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.