Operating device of electric outboard motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9422045-B2
Application number	US-201314422933-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2013
Priority date	Aug 30, 2012
Publication date	Aug 23, 2016
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016

Abstract

An operating device of an electric outboard motor has a steering bar-shaped handle projecting forward and pivotally supported on a hull to be able to steer right and left. A propeller of the electric outboard motor is driven by an electric motor driven by power supplied from a power supply. On a tip portion of the steering bar-shaped handle, the operating device is provided with an accelerator grip that is made to pivot on an axial center normally and reversely from a neutral position to adjust an amount of power to be supplied to the electric motor according to a pivot amount. The operating device includes in the accelerator grip or in vicinity of the accelerator grip, an accelerator grip fixing mechanism that fixes a pivot position of the accelerator grip at the neutral position to be able to release a fixation easily.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An operating device of an electric outboard motor designed that a steering bar-shaped handle projecting forward is provided and is pivotally supported on a hull to be able to steer right and left, a propeller is driven by an electric motor driven by power supplied from a power supply, and on a tip portion of the steering bar-shaped handle, an accelerator grip that is made to pivot on an axial center normally and reversely from a neutral position to adjust a rotation direction of the electric motor and an amount of power to be supplied to the electric motor according to a pivotal direction and a pivot amount is provided, the operating device comprising:
in the accelerator grip or in the vicinity of the accelerator grip, an accelerator grip fixing mechanism that fixes a pivot position of the accelerator grip at the neutral position to be able to release the fixation easily.

2. The operating device of the electric outboard motor according to claim 1 , wherein the accelerator grip fixing mechanism comprises:
an engaging part of the accelerator grip;
a locking piece that is formed to enable an engaging position where the locking piece projects from the tip portion of the steering bar-shaped handle to engage with the accelerator grip to make the accelerator grip incapable of pivoting and a releasing position where the engagement is released so as to enable the accelerator grip to pivot by going backward from the engaging position to appear and disappear easily;
a biasing member that constantly biases the locking piece toward the engaging position side; and
a lock releasing button that biases the locking piece toward the releasing position side to release the fixation of the accelerator grip.

3. The operating device of the electric outboard motor according to claim 2 , wherein
the lock releasing button in the accelerator grip fixing mechanism is projectingly provided on an outer peripheral surface of the accelerator grip and is formed to be able to project and sink easily in a radial direction of the accelerator grip.

4. The operating device of the electric outboard motor according to claim 3 , wherein
the lock releasing button in the accelerator grip fixing mechanism is disposed on a lower surface of the accelerator grip at a neutral position.

5. The operating device of the electric outboard motor according to claim 2 , wherein
the lock releasing button in the accelerator grip fixing mechanism is formed on a tip portion of the accelerator grip to be able to project and sink easily in an axial direction of the steering bar-shaped handle.

Assignees

• Suzuki Motor Corp

Inventors

• Kinpara Masatoshi
• Nakano Yohei
• Takahashi Satoru

Classifications

• G05G1/082

  having safety devices, e.g. means for disengaging the control member from the actuated member · CPC title

• B63H20/14 Primary

  Transmission between propulsion power unit and propulsion element · CPC title

• B63H21/17

  by electric motor · CPC title

• G05G5/005

  for preventing unintentional use of a control mechanism (G05G5/28 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B63H20/007

  Trolling propulsion units (trolling plates for slowing down B63H25/50; dynamo-electric machines of trolling units H02K) · CPC title