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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Eifu Watanabe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shuji Iekura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masaru Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masahiko Kato, Hamamatsu, JP;
Takashi Okuyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Eifu Watanabe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shuji Iekura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masaru Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masahiko Kato, Hamamatsu, JP;
Takashi Okuyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Marine Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu-Shi, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A remote control unit can be used for a boat having a plurality of propulsion units to perform output adjustment and tilt/trim angle adjustment of the propulsion units. Operating levers can be capable of forward and backward rotational movement to effect shift operation and throttle operation of the propulsion units and can be respectively provided upright on a left side surface and right side surface of a body. A plurality of tilt/trim angle adjustment switches can correspond to respective propulsion units and can be provided at positions where they can be operated with fingertips of a hand resting on a palm portion of a top surface of the body with the fingertips pointing generally forward. The palm portion of the top surface can be free of switches.