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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:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Oishi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 77 ; 1231 / ;
Abstract
A latch assembly for releasably securing a cowling of a marine propulsion engine comprising a front latch mechanism which is interconnected with at least one rear latch mechanism by a wire cable having a slack adjuster along its length. In a preferred embodiment, a single front latch mechanism and two rear latch mechanisms are linked by the wire cable to an operating lever so that movement of the operating lever causes all of the latches to be disengaged simultaneously. The slack adjuster is simple and easily adjustable to remove slack along the entire cable.