US3844247A - Tilt position indicator - Google Patents

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US3844247A
US3844247A US00321049A US32104973A US3844247A US 3844247 A US3844247 A US 3844247A US 00321049 A US00321049 A US 00321049A US 32104973 A US32104973 A US 32104973A US 3844247 A US3844247 A US 3844247A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H20/00—Outboard propulsion units, e.g. outboard motors or Z-drives; Arrangements thereof on vessels
    • B63H20/08—Means enabling movement of the position of the propulsion element, e.g. for trim, tilt or steering; Control of trim or tilt
    • B63H20/10—Means enabling trim or tilt, or lifting of the propulsion element when an obstruction is hit; Control of trim or tilt
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B61/00—Adaptations of engines for driving vehicles or for driving propellers; Combinations of engines with gearing
    • F02B61/04—Adaptations of engines for driving vehicles or for driving propellers; Combinations of engines with gearing for driving propellers
    • F02B61/045—Adaptations of engines for driving vehicles or for driving propellers; Combinations of engines with gearing for driving propellers for marine engines

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  • a marine propulsion device comprising a swivel bracket connected to a transom bracket for vertical swinging movement abut a horizontal axis, a propulsion unit pivotally connected to the swivel bracket for common vertical swinging movement of the propulsion unit with the swivel bracket relative to the transom bracket and for steering movement of the propulsion unit relative to the swivel bracket, a hydraulic cylinder-piston assembly pivotally connected between the swivel bracket and the transom bracket, and including a piston assembly telescopically movable in a cylinder in response to vertical swinging movement of the swivel bracket and propulsion unit relative to the transom bracket, and means for indicating the position of the propulsion unit relative to the transom bracket comprising a gauge
  • Marine propulsion devices such as outboard motors and stem drive units, have, for many years, included propulsion units which are vertically swingable relative to the supporting boat hull.
  • propulsion units which are vertically swingable relative to the supporting boat hull.
  • Various arrangements have been provided for trimming and tilting such propulsion units relative to the boat hull in order to optimize propulsion efficiency and in order to remove the propeller mounted at the lower end of the propulsion unit from the water.
  • the invention provides a means for remotely indicating the position of a vertically swingable propulsion unit comprising a gauge including an indicator movable in response to variation in electrical current, and means physically connected between the propulsion unit and a boat hull attachment means .and electrically connected to the gauge for varying the electrical current supply to the gauge in response to and in accordance with vertical swinging movement of the propulsion unit.
  • Such means includes a variable resistance electrically connected to the gauge and to the current source and including a resistance winding or coil mounted on one of the propulsion unit and boat hull attachment means and a wiper mounted on the other of the propulsion unit and boat hull attachment means and movably electrically connected to the resistance coil for varying the current flow to the gauge in response to relative movement between thepropulsion unit and the attachment means.
  • the invention provides a marine propulsion device comprising a swivel bracket con nected to a transom bracket for vertical swinging movement about a horizontal axis, a propulsion unit pivotally connected to the swivel bracket for common vertical swinging movement of the propulsion unit with the swivel bracket relative to the transom bracket and for steering movement of the propulsion unit relative to the swivel bracket, a hydraulic cylinder-piston assembly pivotally connected between the swivel bracket and the transom bracket, and including a piston assembly pivotally telescopically movable in a cylinder in response to vertical swinging movement of the swivel bracket and propulsion unit relative to the transom bracket, and means for indicating the position of the propulsion unit relative to the transom bracket comprising a gauge including an indicator movable in response to variation in electrical current, and a variable resistance electrically connected in series to the gauge and including a resistance coil mounted on one of the cylinder and the piston assembly, and a
  • One of the principal objects of the invention is the provision of a means for informing the operator at a point remote from the propulsion device of the angular position, or the tilt or trim position, of the propulsion unit relative to the boat hull attachment means.
  • trim indicating means including an electrically operated meter and a resistance which is varied in accordance with vertical swinging movement of the propulsion unit relative to the boat hull attachment means.
  • Another of the principal objects of the invention is the provision of a trim and/or tilt indicating means associated with a hydraulic cylinder-piston assembly which is pivotally connected between the boat hull attachment means and the swivel bracket of a marine propulsion device.
  • Still another of the objects of the invention is the provision of a trim and/or tilt indicating means including a rack and pinion arrangement which is mounted between the swivel bracket and the boat hull attachment means or transom bracket and which is operable to rotate a wiper so as to vary a resistance in accordance with vertical swinging movement of the swivel bracket relative to the boat hull attachment means.
  • FIG. 1 is a partially broken away side elevational view of a marine propulsion device, incorporating various of the features of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is partially sectioned and partially schematic view of various of the components incorporated in the marine propulsion device shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of still another arrangement for generating an electrical output in response to vertical swinging movement of a propulsion unit, which electrical output can be employed in the circuit shown schematically in FIG. 2 to advise the operator of the trim or tilt position of the propulsion unit.
  • a marine propulsion device in the form of an outboard motor 11 including attachment means in the form of a transom bracket 13 for connecting the motor 11 to a boat hull, together with a swivel bracket 15 connected to the transom bracket 13 for vertical swinging movement of the swivel bracket 15 relative to the transom bracket 13 about a tilt pin 17, and a propulsion unit 19 pivotally connected to the swivel bracket 15 about a king pin 21 for steering movement of the propulsion unit 19 relative to the swivel bracket 15 about an axis perpendicular to the tilt pin 17 and for vertical swinging movement of the propulsion unit 19 in common with the swivel bracket l5 relative to the attachment means or transom bracket 13.
  • Carried by the propulsion unit 19 is a propeller 23 which, under the normal operating conditions, is submerged in water.
  • the construction is entirely conventional. While the propulsion device is illustrated as an outboard motor, the invention is equally applicableto
  • means for remotely indicating the vertical position of the propulsion unit 19 or swivel bracket..l5 relative to the attachment means 13 or boat hull comprises a gauge 25 includinganindicator or pointer 27 movable in response'to variationin electrical current, a source of electrical current, and means for varying the current applied to the gauge 25 in accordance with and in response to vertical swinging movement of the propulsion unit 19.
  • the gauge 25 shown in FIG. 2 is in the form of a commercially available resistance driven meter including a face plate having indicia 29 indicative of the permissible angular range of the propulsion unit, together with the indicator or pointer 27 which is movable relative to the indicia 29 in proportion to the current supplied to the gauge 25.
  • the electrical currentsource provide direct current which is substantially of uniform potential.
  • a direct current battery 31 is electrically connected to the gauge 25.
  • the means for varying the electrical current supplied to the gauge 25 in response to vertical swinging movement of the propulsion unit 19 can take various forms, and includes a variable resistance 32 which is electrically connected in series with the gauge 25 and the battery 31.
  • the variable resistance 32 includes a resistance coil 33 and a wiper 35 which is movably electrically connected to the resistance coil 33 to vary the effective resistance of the coil 33 in accordance with the position of the propulsion unit 19.
  • variable resistance 32 is associated with a hydraulic cylinder-piston assembly or means 41 which can take various forms and which, in the disclosed construction, corresponds to the trim cylinder-piston assembly disclosed in the U.S. Borst et al patent application, Ser. No. 320,913 filed Jan. 4, l973,' which application is incorporated herein by reference.
  • the hydraulic cylinder means 41 comprises a first member or cylinder 43 which is pivotally connected to one of the transom bracket 13 and swivel bracket and a second member in the form of a piston assembly 45 including a piston 47 and an operably connected piston rod 49 which is pivotally connected to the other of the transom bracket 13 and swivel bracket 15.
  • the piston assembly 45 is telescopically received in the cylinder 43 and is movable therein relative to the cylinder 43 in accordance with the vertical swinging movement of the propulsion unit 19. Extending from the piston 47 in the construction shown in FIG.
  • sleeve 51 which carries thereon the resistance coil 33 which is in the form of an annular winding wound around an insulating bobbin 53 and which is retained on the sleeve 51 in fixed position relative to the piston 47 by a snap ring 55.
  • the wiper 35 is mounted on the cylinder 43 and is in the form of a ball contact which is retained in electrical engagement with the coil 33 by a retainer 59 which, in turn, is held inplace by a holding member 61 of insulating material.
  • the retainer 59 has an inwardly open bore 63 which receives the ball contact or wiper 35 and which houses a spring 65 biasing the ball contact or wiper 35 into engagement with the coil 33. Accordingly, movement of the piston 47 within the cylinder 43 causes variation in the effective resistance of the coil 33.
  • the coil 33 is grounded at one end and thereby electrically connected to the battery 31 in series with the gauge 25.
  • the end of the coil 33 adjacent to the piston 47 is electrically connected to the sleeve 51 which, at its other end, is fixed to a guide 67 having an annular groove 69.
  • a slider or contact 71 Located in the groove 69, as shown in FIG. 3, is a slider or contact 71 which electrically couples the end of the coil 33 adjacent to the piston 47 to the cylinder 43 and thereby to the outboard motor 11 which also serves as a ground for the battery 31.
  • the piston rod 49 is movable relative to the piston 47, and the piston 47 is movable in accordance with propulsion unit movement only through the trim range or lower part of the permissible tilling or swinging movement of the propulsion unit.
  • the gauge 25 is limited to portraying or indicating the angular position of the propulsion unit 19 relative to the attachment means 13 or boat hull solely within the trim range.
  • the hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic cylinder means 41 is retained in the cylinder 43 solely to the right of the piston 47 and the coil 33 and ball contact or wiper 35 are located in a non-hydraulic fluid environment.
  • any suitable series electrical connection between the gauge 25, variable resistance 32 and battery 31 can be employed. Also included in the circuit shown in FIG. 2 is a series connected, key operated ignition switch 73 which closes when the associated engine is operated and which opens when the associated engine is not operating.
  • FIG. 4 Shown in FIG. 4 is another arrangement for providing a variable resistance or means which is variable in accordance with the position of the propulsion unit 19. More specifically, in the construction shown in FIG. 4, there is provided a first member which is in the form of a circular rack 81 and which is fixedly attached to the swivel bracket 15 by any suitable means, with the axis of the circular rack 81 coinciding with the axis of vertical swinging movement of the propulsion unit 19. Thus, the rack 81 has common pivotal movement with the swivel bracket 15 and propulsion unit 19.
  • variable resistance coil 33A housed in a bracket 83 which is suitably fixed to the tilt pin 17 stationarily located relative to the transom bracket 13 or which can be suitably fixed directly to the transom bracket.
  • resistance coil 33A is electrically connected to a wiper 35A which is supported by the bracket 83 for rotation about the tilt axis and which is connected to a pinion 85 engaged with the rack 81.
  • the wiper 35A and coil 33A are connected in series with the battery 31 and gauge 25 in the same manner as connection of the coil 33 and wiper 35 in FIG. 2, so that the electrical current applied to the gauge 25 varies in accordance with the resistance of the coil 33A.
  • a friction slip clutch is provided between the wiper 35A and the pinion 85, so that upon initial full travel of the propulsion unit 19 to to either its fully raised or fully lowered position, the wiper 35A will be automatically properly angularly located in relation to the pinion 85.
  • the wiper 35A has associated therewith one or more stops (not shown) which are located so as to prevent movement of the wiper 35A beyond positions corresponding to fully elevated or fully lowered positions of the propulsion unit 19.
  • the wiper 35A is carried by a shaft 86 and the clutch takes the form of an annular ring 87 which, for practical purposes, is fixed to one of the wiper shaft 86 and the interior bore of the pinion 85 and which has projections therein in frictional engagement with the other of the wiper shaft 86 and the interior bore of the pinion 85.
  • the wiper 35A engages a stop prior to full travel of the propulsion unit, relative movement between the wiper shaft 86 and the pinion is permitted.
  • the pinion 85 and wiper shaft 86 and connected wiper 35A move in unison.
  • the indicator is operable over the full range of permissible propulsion unit vertical tilting movement.
  • a marine propulsion device comprising a transom bracket adapted for attachment to the hull of a boat, a swivel bracket connected to said transom bracket for vertical swinging movement about a horizontal axis, a propulsion unit pivotally connected to said swivel bracket for common vertical swinging movement of said propulsion unit with said swivel bracket relative to said transom bracket and for swinging movement of said propulsion unit relative to said swivel bracket about an axis transverse to said horizontal axis, a hydraulic cylinder-piston assembly including a cylinder pivotally connected to one of said swivel bracket and said transom bracket, and a piston assembly pivotally connected to the other of said swivel bracket and said transom bracket and telescopically movable in said cylinder in response to vertical swinging movement of said swivel bracket and propulsion unit relative to said transom bracket, and means for indicating the position of said propulsion unit relative to said transom bracket comprising a gauge including

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US00321049A US3844247A (en) 1973-01-04 1973-01-04 Tilt position indicator
CA187,854A CA996823A (en) 1973-01-04 1973-12-11 Tilt position indicator
AU63509/73A AU473411B2 (en) 1973-01-04 1973-12-12 Marine propulsion device
GB5926473A GB1460289A (en) 1973-01-04 1973-12-20 Marine propulsion device
GB2400676A GB1460290A (en) 1973-01-04 1973-12-20 Marine propulsion device
JP48143869A JPS5822400B2 (ja) 1973-01-04 1973-12-25 センパクスイシンソウチ
FR7346902A FR2213192B3 (de) 1973-01-04 1973-12-28
IT47501/74A IT1002584B (it) 1973-01-04 1974-01-02 Dispositivo di propulsione marina
SE7400045A SE397504B (sv) 1973-01-04 1974-01-03 Batframdrivningsanordning
BE139514A BE809392A (fr) 1973-01-04 1974-01-04 Dispositif de propulsion marine avec indicateur de position parrapport a la coque
DE2400337A DE2400337A1 (de) 1973-01-04 1974-01-04 Schiffsantriebsvorrichtung, insbesondere aussenbordmotor oder heckantrieb
US05/500,328 US3931784A (en) 1973-01-04 1974-08-26 Tilt position indicator
SE7701614A SE427101B (sv) 1973-01-04 1977-02-14 Anordning for fjerrindikering av leget av ett vertikalt vippbart framdrivningsaggregat for batar

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US4051801A (en) * 1976-06-23 1977-10-04 Brunswick Corporation Drive position signalling apparatus
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US4493656A (en) * 1981-06-26 1985-01-15 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha Tilt-up angle sensing system for inboard-outboard drives
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US5643021A (en) * 1993-12-30 1997-07-01 Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Trim system for outboard motor
US5795198A (en) * 1994-08-10 1998-08-18 Pedone; Antonio Floating seal for high rotational speed propeller shafts with integrated forced oil circulation generator and safety devices
US5853307A (en) * 1995-07-31 1998-12-29 Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Trim sensor for outboard drive
US5800221A (en) * 1997-12-06 1998-09-01 Tdaka Products, L.L.C. Multiposition readable trim position indicator and methods of using same
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