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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2008
Applicants:
Benjamin C. Wald, Perkins, OK (US);
Jason K. Angolano, Stillwater, OK (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin C. Wald, Perkins, OK (US);
Jason K. Angolano, Stillwater, OK (US);
Assignee:
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 5/125 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A steering mechanism connects the shaft of an actuator with a piston rod of a hydraulic cylinder and provides a spool valve in which the spool valve housing is attached to the hydraulic cylinder and the shaft of the actuator extends through a cylindrical opening in a spool of the spool valve. The connector is connectable to a steering arm of a marine propulsion device and the spool valve housing is connectable to a transom of a marine vessel.