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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:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1995
Jerald G Wagner, Venice, FL (US);
IMO Industries, Inc., Sarasota, FL (US);
Abstract
The new 'universal' mounting bracket is used to couple a hydraulic steering cylinder to one of first and second brands of outboard engines. Such bracket has first and second groups of holes, the holes comprising each group positionally corresponding to a bracket attachment hole in the first or second brand of engine. The cylinder has first and second spaced mounting faces that are angled with respect to a cylinder axis. The bracket has first and second end members contacting the first and second faces, respectively. A mounting face and its respective end member are in compression when resisting steering force. The bracket optionally includes at least one cutout area (and preferably two or more cutout areas) for fitting the bracket around a Zerk fitting on a particular brand or brands of engine.