Patent ID: 8147283

Claim:
A steering apparatus for an outboard motor, comprising: a swivel shaft for steerably mounting the outboard motor to a hull; a steering plate extending outwardly from a body of the outboard motor; and a steering rod for pushing and pulling the steering plate so that the steering plate turns to left and right about the swivel shaft, wherein the steering plate has a connecting hole for connecting one end of the steering rod, and the connecting hole is provided at a position set apart from a center line of the steering plate that passes over the swivel shaft, so that, when the steering plate turns a same angle to the left and right from a neutral state of not having turned to the left or right, equal left and right angles are formed by a first straight line, joining a center of the swivel shaft and the connecting hole, and a second straight line, joining the connecting hole and a link hole formed in an opposite end of the steering rod.