Patent ID: 8128443
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: B63H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A single lever control providing combined control of an engine throttle in a marine engine and a reversing gear, the single lever control comprising: a rocking lever; a supporting arm operatively coupled to the rocking lever; a rocker arm dynamically connecting the supporting arm to an actuator of a reversing gear such to switch the reversing gear into a state, in which engine motion is transmitted to a shaft driving a propelling element either in a same direction of rotation as a drive shaft or opposite thereto, the rocker arm being configured to pivot and cause displacement of a cable interposed between the rocker arm and the actuator; position sensors dynamically connected to the supporting arm, the position being adapted to sense an angular position of the rocking lever and to generate a signal uniquely related to the angular position of the rocking lever, the signal being transmitted to a controller of a motorized actuator of the engine throttle; and a gear drive having an input gear and an output gear wheel, the gear drive transmitting an angular displacement of the rocking lever to a transducer configured as a Hall effect sensor, which converts rotary motion into an electric signal uniquely related thereto, the input gear being controlled by the supporting arm and the output gear being rotatably connected to a transducer shaft.