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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:
Mar. 07, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Minoru Kawamura, Iwata, JP;
Assignee:
Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440-2 ; 440 84 ; 455603 ;
Abstract
A remote control device for an outboard motor including a remotely positioned controller device that operates control devices carried by the outboard motor through optical fiber transmitted signals. The optical fibers are detachably connected to the controllers so as to permit removal of the controller. In addition, the controller is detachably supported within the associated watercraft so that it may be conveniently removed.