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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2023
Applicant:
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Inventors:
Kimitaka Saruwatari, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomohiro Hagi, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/12 (2006.01); B63H 20/14 (2006.01); B63H 23/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/12 (2013.01); B63H 20/14 (2013.01); B63H 23/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
An outboard motor includes a steering mechanism including a pinion located in a central portion of an outboard motor body in a right-left direction and operable to rotate together with the outboard motor body, a rack operable to linearly move to rotate the pinion, and a rack position detector on a first side of the rack opposite to the pinion to detect a position of the rack.