Remote throttle and steering control unit

Claim 1

A remote throttle steering control unit for an outboard motor comprising a pulley wheel adapted for mounting on a boat for controlled rotation, a pair of cables connected to said pulley wheel in extension from opposite sides thereof and adapted to be secured to opposite sides of the throttle bar of an outboard motor which includes a shaft rotatable about its axis to control throttle setting of the motor and which is also angularly displaceable in an arc for steering whereby turning of said pulley wheel effects such steering, a steering control connected to said pulley wheel for turning the same and including a tube and a torque shaft extending through the tube, a handle adjacent one end of the steering control for turning the torque shaft, a Bowden cable connection with the opposite end of the steering control comprising a cable element and a sheath, one end of the cable element being connected to turn with the torque shaft with the sheath connected to the tube, and mounting means connecting the opposite end of said Bowden cable to said throttle bar; said mounting means including a connection of the opposite end of cable sheath with a non-rotatable bracket of the throttle bar with the opposite end of the cable element connected to said throttle bar shaft to rotate the same upon turning of said handle, whereby the motor can be steered without affecting the throttle setting.