Patent ID: 6592414
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
A steering structure of an outboard motor mounted on a vessel body via a bracket device and rendered steerable in a transverse direction of the vessel body by a steering handle, comprising:a tilting shaft positioned on the bracket device for pivotally supporting the outboard motor in a manner such that the outboard motor is vertically tiltable; and a steering damper disposed in front of the outboard motor, below a steering bracket having a steering handle-mounting portion, and in front of said bracket device, wherein said steering damper comprises a damper cylinder having openings at opposite ends thereof, said damper cylinder positioned parallel to said tilting shaft and a piston rod that extends through the inside of said damper cylinder, extends parallel to said tilting shaft, and protrudes outwardly from said damper cylinder at opposite ends thereof, said openings of said damper cylinder are each closed by a piston stopper, which slidably supports the piston rod and maintains the inside of the damper cylinder fluidtight, to form a fluid chamber inside said damper cylinder, a damper piston that partitions said fluid chamber into right and left fluid chambers is provided intermediate the ends of the piston rod positioned inside said fluid chamber, said right and left fluid chambers are intercommunicated by a bypass pipe, and a throttle valve is provided on said bypass pipe.