EP1410985A1 - Drehbares Steuerrad - Google Patents

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EP1410985A1
EP1410985A1 EP03292501A EP03292501A EP1410985A1 EP 1410985 A1 EP1410985 A1 EP 1410985A1 EP 03292501 A EP03292501 A EP 03292501A EP 03292501 A EP03292501 A EP 03292501A EP 1410985 A1 EP1410985 A1 EP 1410985A1
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Jean Berret
Olivier Racoupeau
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Chantiers Beneteau SA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H25/00—Steering; Slowing-down otherwise than by use of propulsive elements; Dynamic anchoring, i.e. positioning vessels by means of main or auxiliary propulsive elements
    • B63H25/06—Steering by rudders
    • B63H25/08—Steering gear
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H25/00—Steering; Slowing-down otherwise than by use of propulsive elements; Dynamic anchoring, i.e. positioning vessels by means of main or auxiliary propulsive elements
    • B63H25/02—Initiating means for steering, for slowing down, otherwise than by use of propulsive elements, or for dynamic anchoring
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H25/00—Steering; Slowing-down otherwise than by use of propulsive elements; Dynamic anchoring, i.e. positioning vessels by means of main or auxiliary propulsive elements
    • B63H25/06—Steering by rudders
    • B63H25/08—Steering gear
    • B63H25/10—Steering gear with mechanical transmission
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H25/00—Steering; Slowing-down otherwise than by use of propulsive elements; Dynamic anchoring, i.e. positioning vessels by means of main or auxiliary propulsive elements
    • B63H25/02—Initiating means for steering, for slowing down, otherwise than by use of propulsive elements, or for dynamic anchoring
    • B63H2025/022—Steering wheels; Posts for steering wheels

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  • the invention relates to the field of boats as boats maritime or inland waterways and concerns a steering wheel suitable for controlling the rudder of a boat.
  • Some of these boats are equipped with a steering wheel in the form of a column on which a wheel is mounted for rotation.
  • This wheel is intended for be operated by the coxswain, i.e. the person responsible for directing the boat, like a steering wheel.
  • the wheel is linked to the rudder of the boat by a mechanism transmission so that the rotation of the wheel causes the movement of the rudder.
  • the steering wheel is generally installed in a stern part of the boat, such as the cockpit, fitted with seats and / or intended for passage of people.
  • the object of the invention is to improve the existing wheel bars, in particular by allowing a significant reduction in a simple manner without compromising the functionality or safety of the wheel service position.
  • Such a steering wheel whose column is angularly movable allows the plane in which the wheel is contained to take different positions angular.
  • the rest position will allow the wheel to be arranged parallel to the path of passenger movement, while neutralizing the control means of the rudder. Passengers, when traveling, will therefore have to go along the wheel in the rest position, rather than around it.
  • a single movement of the steering wheel is therefore necessary to switch from the service position to the rest position while activating the means neutralization or vice versa.
  • the rudder control means can therefore have a column shaft mounted to rotate in the column and actuated in rotation by the wheel and said immobilization means may include a disc integral with said column shaft.
  • said disc can form a cam adapted to exercise an effort against these stop means, when the column is in the rest position.
  • the cam surface formed by the disc is adapted to move closer to said stop means as the column rotates towards the rest position, until contact and final blocking of these two elements against each other, the cam effect being obtainable laterally or axially.
  • This device is extremely simple in that it does not intervene no moving part acting on the disc.
  • said immobilization means may further include brake shoes enclosing the disc and adapted to immobilize it, the disc then being coaxial with the column shaft.
  • the steering wheel advantageously further comprises a device for blocking the rotation of the column, particularly useful in the position of service.
  • This device prevents untimely rotation of the column, the steering wheel being thereby maintained in the desired position despite external stresses.
  • This device for blocking the rotation of the column may include a slide at least partially annular and integral with the base as well as a radially retractable finger, engaged on the column and cooperating with the slide, said slide being able to comprise a first housing adapted to receive the finger when the column is in the service position, and a second housing able to receive the finger when the column is in the rest position.
  • Such a blocking device not only ensures blocking effective rotation of the column but, moreover, it guides the user in materializing the rest and service positions.
  • crown and flexible links such than a chain, light and inexpensive.
  • the base can be attached to the cockpit floor so the wheel is transverse to the general direction of the boat when the column is in the operating position, and the angular offset provided during the rest can be a quarter of a turn so that, in this rest position, the wheel is parallel to the general direction of the boat.
  • An angular shift of one U-turn can also be useful to increase the volume available for the circulation in the cockpit.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show the rear of a boat 1 here comprising a cockpit 2 fitted with seats 3, a folding bench 4 for coxswain as well as a bar with wheel 5 here situated in the central position in the cockpit 2.
  • the seats 3 are arranged around the cockpit so as to form a space available for passengers. Access to this space can be behind the cockpit 2 when the folding bench 4 clears a passage (Figure 2) or from the front of the cockpit 2.
  • the steering wheel 5, arranged in this space, has a base 6 by which it is fixed to the floor 7 of the cockpit 2.
  • This base 6 is a cylinder 8 secured to a base 9, the latter being fixed by screws to the floor 7.
  • the steering wheel 5 further comprises a column 10 mounted rotating on the base 6.
  • This column 10 is in the form of a cylinder substantially the same diameter as the base 6 and arranged in the extension of the latter.
  • a wheel 12 consisting of a axis 13, a ring 14 on which the coxswain places his hands and spokes 15 connecting the ring 14 to the axis 13, the axis 13 being perpendicular to the column 10 and mounted on bearings.
  • the pivot link between the base 6 and the column 10 is produced by mounting bearings. Indeed, the base 6 ends, at its opposite end to the base 9, by a ring 16 axially projecting in the extension of the cylinder 8 but of a smaller diameter. Paths of bearing 17 are also made in the external walls of the ring 16.
  • Column 10 in turn, has the shape of a hollow cylinder coming cover the base 6 by masking said projecting ring 16, the external surfaces of cylinder 8 of base 6 and of column 10 being in the extension one from the other.
  • Column 10 also has, on its internal walls at level of the raceways 17, indentations 18 facing each other raceways 17 so that balls 19 inserted between the raceways 17 and the indentations 18 allow the rotation of the column 10 relative to the base 6.
  • a rod 20 carrying a notch 21 is fixed to said ring projection 16 of base 6.
  • this has two levels 22 both placed at the same height on column 10, and suitable for receiving the axis 13 of the wheel 12 so that this axis 13 is perpendicular to the direction in which column 10 extends.
  • these comprise bearings or a coating to low friction (not shown).
  • a toothed wheel 23 On this axis 13 is force fitted a toothed wheel 23 which is therefore driven in rotation jointly with the axis 13.
  • a chain 24 meshes on this toothed wheel 23 and comes to connect the latter to a second toothed wheel (not shown) located at the base 6, near the cockpit floor 7 2.
  • This toothed wheel 23 is advantageously fixed but can also be mobile.
  • the steering wheel 5 also comprises a device for blocking the rotation of the column 10.
  • This device comprises itself two curved slides 25 attached to the ring 16 projecting from the base 6 and two disengageable fingers 26 attached to the column 10.
  • the slides 25 are diametrically opposed on the ring 16 and each cover a portion of a circle corresponding to a sector angle of a quarter turn. At each of their ends, these slides 25 comprise a housing 27 capable of receiving one of the fingers 26.
  • the fingers 26 are mounted in an opening 28 and are movable radially in a sliding pivot connection with this opening 28.
  • a spring (not shown) keeps these fingers constantly pressed against their respective slide 25.
  • the wheel bar 5 which has just been described can be brought into position service, as shown in Figure 4.
  • the fingers 26 are then in their position in FIG. 6, they are each engaged respectively in one of the housings 27.
  • the steering wheel 5 is located in the floor 7 of the cockpit 2 of so that the wheel is in the position of figure 1 when the wheel bar 5 is in this service position.
  • the toothed wheel 23 being free to rotate, the helmsman can actuate the wheel and thus steer the boat.
  • the toothed wheel 23 is then in the position shown schematically in Figure 4. This position is marked R in Figure 3. It comes against the notch 21 being in this position thanks to the shape of the rod 20.
  • the notch 21 thus meshing on the toothed wheel 23 or on the chain 24, blocks the rotation of the wheel 23 and consequently neutralizes the means of rudder control while holding the rudder in position.
  • Figure 5 is shown by an arrow the trajectory followed by the gear 23 when changing from the service position to the position of rest.
  • Figure 3 shows the cockpit 2 seen from above in which the steering wheel 5 is shown schematically both in its service position S and in its rest position R. It then appears that passenger movements following the arrows M passing through the cockpit are hindered by the steering wheel 5 in the service position (as in Figure 1) and on the contrary are facilitated by putting in the rest position (as in the figure 2) of it.
  • the slides and the notch are arranged to allow rotation in the opposite direction to that of Figure 5.
  • the means for neutralizing the control means of rudder are represented here by a “quarter-turn” valve 31 arranged on the pump 29, coaxially with the column 10, the body of the valve 31 being integral with the pump 29 while the rotary handle allowing to close or to open the valve 31 is integral with the base 6.
  • This configuration allows the rotation of column 10 by compared to the base 6 to be used to control the rotation of the valve handle 31 and thus simply index the opening or closing from valve 31 to the service or rest position of the steering wheel 5.
  • the means for neutralizing the control means of rudder are here represented by a brake disc 37 integral and coaxial with the column shaft 34, and a brake shoe 38 capable of exerting pressure on the disc to prevent rotation.
  • the disc has variations thick, which causes an axial cam effect.
  • the disc has on its edge a radial protuberance, which allows a lateral cam effect.

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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
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FR0212826 2002-10-15
FR0212826A FR2845661B1 (fr) 2002-10-15 2002-10-15 Barre a roue pivotante

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DE (1) DE60300969D1 (de)
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AU2006211857B1 (en) * 2006-09-01 2007-08-02 Gary Luxford A Steering Wheel Assembly for a Boat
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US1711037A (en) * 1926-12-17 1929-04-30 Bojer George Helm-locking device for vessels
US4314520A (en) * 1980-04-16 1982-02-09 Stjepan Kosic Steering mechanism for boats
JPS5953297A (ja) * 1982-09-22 1984-03-27 Nissan Motor Co Ltd 船舶用ステアリングボツクス
US5048444A (en) * 1989-01-11 1991-09-17 Moore John E Adjustable wheel for yacht pedestal steerer
US5676081A (en) * 1995-11-13 1997-10-14 Kobelt; Jacob Tilting helm for marine vessel
FR2771997A1 (fr) * 1997-12-04 1999-06-11 Dufour And Sparks Sa Perfectionnements apportes aux barres de navigation

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US1711037A (en) * 1926-12-17 1929-04-30 Bojer George Helm-locking device for vessels
US4314520A (en) * 1980-04-16 1982-02-09 Stjepan Kosic Steering mechanism for boats
JPS5953297A (ja) * 1982-09-22 1984-03-27 Nissan Motor Co Ltd 船舶用ステアリングボツクス
US5048444A (en) * 1989-01-11 1991-09-17 Moore John E Adjustable wheel for yacht pedestal steerer
US5676081A (en) * 1995-11-13 1997-10-14 Kobelt; Jacob Tilting helm for marine vessel
FR2771997A1 (fr) * 1997-12-04 1999-06-11 Dufour And Sparks Sa Perfectionnements apportes aux barres de navigation

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NZ528887A (en) 2005-03-24
FR2845661B1 (fr) 2005-01-21
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