Brunswick Corporation

Bruce A Heidel

Steven J Gonring

James C Boda

Claus Bruestle

Robert J Baumhardt

A steering wheel provides a control device that is easily maneuverable, by one hand, by an operator who is gripping the rim of the steering wheel. Release of the rim is not necessary to affect a change in the control parameter of an engine or other element of a marine vessel through use of the control device. The control device is rotatable about an axis of rotation which is generally parallel to a line which is tangent to a centerline of the rim of the steering wheel.

Marine vessel steering wheel with integrated throttle control device

A preassembled throttle cable and pulley assembly includes a pair of pulleys contained within pulley housings. A pair of throttle cables are strung around the pulleys in a predetermined manner and the cable ends are contained within the pulley housings. The pulleys are keyed so as to insure their attachment to a tiller and throttle linkage in a proper configuration.

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Fond du Lac, WI, United States of America

Bruce A Heidel