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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
David G Friedel, Oshkosh, WI (US);
John J Litjens, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Assignee:
Brunswick Corporation, Skokie, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 51 ; 440 53 ; 440 63 ;
Abstract
An improved vane steering system for marine drives has the steering vane mounted in the skeg of the propulsion unit. With such a mounting location, the steering vane is submerged in the water in all driving positions of the propulsion unit.