Title:
船外機
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5186433
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Outboard engine body (19) is mounted via a swivel shaft (17) to a stern bracket (16). Angle sensor (24), provided on the stern bracket, includes a contact (35) having a maximum operating angle set to be not greater than half of a maximum steered angle of the engine body, and it outputs detection information indicative of an operating angle of the contact (35). Curved member (31) is provided on the engine body (19) and normally held in engagement with the contact (35), and it has a continuously-varying radius of curvature from the central axis (18) of the swivel shaft (17), so that the contact (35) varies in operating angle while sliding along a curved outer peripheral surface (36) of the curved member in response to steering operation. Thus, a steered angle is determined on the basis of the detection information from the angle sensor.
Inventors:
Shigekazu Sakata
Norikazu Shimizu
Hiroya Minakuchi
Yoshio Otomo
Norikazu Shimizu
Hiroya Minakuchi
Yoshio Otomo
Application Number:
JP2009109048A
Publication Date:
April 17, 2013
Filing Date:
April 28, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Honda motor industry stock company
International Classes:
B63H20/00; B63H25/42
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2006321422A | ||||
| JP2006256350A | ||||
| JP2004230949A | ||||
| JP2007216911A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoichiro Shimoda