Pedestal wheel steering system having universal self-adjusting idler

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4721052
SERIAL NO

06791583

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A boat steering assembly (10) including a pedestal steering actuator (11) in a column (12) mounted on a boat sole (16). A pair of steering cables (18,20) lead from the actuator through a substantially vertical orientation and then through a universal self-adjusting pulley (26) and then in substantially horizontal orientation to a rudder assembly (24). A depending bracket assembly (22) is mounted under the boat sole (16). The universal self-adjusting idler pulley (26) is mounted under the pedestal column (12) below the boat sole (16) by the depending bracket assembly (22). The steering cables (18,20) extend down from the steering actuator (11) and about the pulley assembly (26) with the bracket assembly (22) disposed on the outside of the turn of the cables (18,20) through the pulley (26) to suspend the pulley (26) in tension from the bracket assembly (22). The pulley assembly (26) is adjustable to accommodate various positions of the rudder assembly ( 24) relative to the pedestal column (12).

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Patent Owner(s)

  • MERRIMAN/YACHT SPECIALTIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Groves, Bruce Seven Hills, OH 1 2
Smiley, Malcolm J Mentor, OH 1 2

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