IMPROVED STEERING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INBOARD-OUTBOARD DRIVE

摘要

A steering control apparatus (10) for inboard-outboard marine drives having ahydraulic steering cylinder (20) mounted horizontally along the transom (16)at an inboard position centered above and across the drive train (17) andtiller (18), and a rigid linkage (22) between and engaging the distal portion(20D) of the cylinder rod (20B) and the operator end (18A) of the tiller, suchlinkage extending from the cylinder rod downwardly and from there along andbelow the cylinder. In one preferred embodiment the cylinder is of thebalanced type. In another, the horizontal linkage includes a first end (22A)connected to the tiller and an upturned end (22B) connected to a vertical draglink adapter (24), which is connected to the distal portion of the cylinderrod, thereby accommodating the possible presence of other apparatus. Yetanother preferred embodiment includes a bracket assembly (30) including atransom adaptor member (30A2).