IP Library Granted Patent US 9,908,605
Granted Patent B2
US 9,908,605 · App. 15/115,022 · Granted Mar 6, 2018

Ship steering system for outdrive device

Inventors: Akiyoshi Hayashi (Osaka, JP); Naohiro Hara (Osaka, JP); Jun Watanabe (Osaka, JP); Junichi Hitachi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
B63H25/42B63H21/213B63H25/02B63H2021/216
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Patent No.
US 9,908,605
App. No.
15/115,022
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a technology that facilitates a calibrating operation. A ship steering system for outdrive device includes an outdrive device, a control device that provides an instruction about a turning direction of the outdrive device, and a ship steering lever that instructs the control device about a traveling direction of a hull, and is provided with a monitor capable of displaying an image for matching an actual traveling direction with the traveling direction of the hull according to the instruction from the ship steering lever. The monitor shows the direction in which the ship steering lever is tipped, and indicates that the operation is proper if the direction in which the ship steering lever is tipped corresponds to a pre-set direction.

Claims (26)

1. A ship steering system for an outdrive device comprising:

the outdrive device;

a control device instructing a rotation direction of the outdrive device;

an operation lever instructing a traveling direction of a hull to the control device; and

a monitor which can display an image for adjusting an actual traveling direction to the traveling direction of the hull instructed by the operation lever,

characterized in that

the monitor shows a direction along which the operation lever is moved, and when the direction along which the operation lever is moved is in agreement with a direction set preferably, shows an indication that the operation is proper.

2. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 1 , wherein the monitor shows a direction along which the operation lever should be moved, and when the operation lever is moved to the shown direction, shows the indication that the operation is proper.

3. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 2 , wherein the monitor shows a direction along which the operation lever should be moved by a range of predetermined angle centering on a fulcrum of the operation lever, and when the operation lever is moved along the shown range, shows the indication that the operation is proper.

4. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 2 , wherein when a gap exists between the traveling direction of the hull instructed by the operation lever and the actual traveling direction, the monitor shows the direction along which the operation lever should be moved which is collected so as to cancel the gap.

5. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 1 , wherein when a gap exists between the traveling direction of the hull instructed by the operation lever and the actual traveling direction, the monitor collects the rotation direction of the outdrive device so as to cancel the gap and shows the indication that the collection is finished.

6. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 1 , wherein the monitor shows the image of parallel movement, and subsequently shows the image of skid movement.

7. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 3 , wherein when a gap exists between the traveling direction of the hull instructed by the operation lever and the actual traveling direction, the monitor shows the direction along which the operation lever should be moved which is collected so as to cancel the gap.

8. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 2 , wherein when a gap exists between the traveling direction of the hull instructed by the operation lever and the actual traveling direction, the monitor collects the rotation direction of the outdrive device so as to cancel the gap and shows the indication that the collection is finished.

9. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 3 , wherein when a gap exists between the traveling direction of the hull instructed by the operation lever and the actual traveling direction, the monitor collects the rotation direction of the outdrive device so as to cancel the gap and shows the indication that the collection is finished.

10. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 4 , wherein when a gap exists between the traveling direction of the hull instructed by the operation lever and the actual traveling direction, the monitor collects the rotation direction of the outdrive device so as to cancel the gap and shows the indication that the collection is finished.

11. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 7 , wherein when a gap exists between the traveling direction of the hull instructed by the operation lever and the actual traveling direction, the monitor collects the rotation direction of the outdrive device so as to cancel the gap and shows the indication that the collection is finished.

12. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 2 , wherein the monitor shows the image of parallel movement, and subsequently shows the image of skid movement.

13. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 3 , wherein the monitor shows the image of parallel movement, and subsequently shows the image of skid movement.

14. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 4 , wherein the monitor shows the image of parallel movement, and subsequently shows the image of skid movement.

15. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 5 , wherein the monitor shows the image of parallel movement, and subsequently shows the image of skid movement.

16. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 7 , wherein the monitor shows the image of parallel movement, and subsequently shows the image of skid movement.

17. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 8 , wherein the monitor shows the image of parallel movement, and subsequently shows the image of skid movement.

18. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 9 , wherein the monitor shows the image of parallel movement, and subsequently shows the image of skid movement.

19. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 10 , wherein the monitor shows the image of parallel movement, and subsequently shows the image of skid movement.

20. The ship steering system for the outdrive device according to claim 11 , wherein the monitor shows the image of parallel movement, and subsequently shows the image of skid movement.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: YANMAR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054162/0112 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2016
From: HAYASHI, AKIYOSHI; HARA, NAOHIRO; WATANABE, JUN; HITACHI, JUNICHI
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039281/0841 →
Continuity (1)
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