Dean M Solt

US Patent:

39687686, Jul 13, 1976

Filed:

Sep 29, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/617278

Inventors:

Dean L. Solt - Granger UT

International Classification:

B63H 2126

US Classification:

115 18R

Abstract:

A remotely controlled steering transom for outboard motors which comprises a frame having a transom plate adapted to be attached to the transom of a boat. Top and bottom plates extend backwardly and inwardly from the transom plate terminating in a tubular bearing support. A spindle is journaled through the bearing support and is received into caps at either end. The caps are connected to the central portion of a rear metal plate which will turn with the spindle as the spindle is rotated within the bearing support. A reversible electric motor driving pulley is mounted on a bracket affixed to the transom plate. Tension springs are mounted to the transom on either side of the motor and in the same plane as the pulley. A pulley is fixedly attached to either side of the rear metal plate, facing the tension springs. A flexible cable attached to one tension spring extends around the pulley opposite that spring from the outside to the inside, is wrapped in looped relationship around the pulley driven by the motor, passes around the second pulley from inside to outside and is attached to the second tension spring.