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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Eifu Watanabe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Noriyoshi Ichikawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Isao Kanno, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A remote control device for controlling a propulsion unit of a boat is provided. The remote control device comprises a main body having a shift lever. A housing board is coupled to the main body of the remote control device and extends in a downward direction. The housing board houses a remote control engine control unit that provides an operation output signal to the propulsion unit based on an operation input signal received from the shift lever. In one embodiment, an operator can access the remote control engine control unit from either a starboard side or a port side of the boat. The remote control device can include an additional housing board that is capable of being attached to and detached from the housing board that is coupled to the main body.