Patent ID: 8015935

Claim:
A watercraft control apparatus comprising: a control member operating a load, wherein the control member is a control lever and the load is a motor; a mechanical circuit for transmitting a displacement from the control member to the load; an electronic control circuit comprising one or more magnetic units transducing the displacement of the control member into an electric or electronic signal to the load, wherein the magnetic units are operably connected to the control lever, wherein the magnetic units include at least a magnetic sensor and a magnet, and wherein one of the magnetic sensor or the magnet is rotatably mounted to the control lever; an actuator actuating the load, the actuator being operably interposed between the load and each of the mechanical circuit and the electronic control circuit; and an auxiliary pump operably interposed between the mechanical circuit and the actuator, the auxiliary pump controlling the actuator, wherein the mechanical circuit and the one or more magnetic units operate the load.