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US 5,669,267 AGranted
Remote control apparatus and related method
AssigneeIMO Industries, Inc.
InventorsWilliam J. Ross, Andrew K. Stiteler, Jerald G. Wagner
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AssigneeIMO Industries, Inc.
InventorsWilliam J. Ross, Andrew K. Stiteler, Jerald G. Wagner
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Disclosed is a remote-control apparatus having a base and a first slider supported with respect to the base. A first cable includes a first conduit and a first core coupled to the slider and movable in the first conduit. An output cable includes a clamped conduit supported with respect to the base and having an output core movable in the clamped conduit. In the improvement, the apparatus includes a second slider supported with respect to the base. A second cable has a second conduit and a second core coupled to the second slider and movable in the second conduit. The first core and the output core are coupled to the first slider and the second core is coupled to the second slider. A new method for remotely controlling a mechanism, e.g., a boat outboard engine throttle or clutch, is also disclosed.
In a remote-control apparatus having (a) a base, (b) a slider supported with respect to the base, (c) a first cable including a first conduit and a first core coupled to the slider and movable in the first conduit, and (c) an output cable including a clamped conduit supported with respect to the base and having an output core movable in the clamped conduit, the improvement wherein the slider is a first slider and the apparatus includes:
A method for remotely controlling a mechanism including the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.