An apparatus is for removably supporting a marine drive on a marine vessel. The apparatus has a transom bracket assembly for mounting to the marine vessel, a steering bracket for coupling the marine drive to the transom bracket assembly so the marine drive is steerable relative to the transom bracket assembly and the marine vessel; and an integrated copilot and locking mechanism configured to retain the steering bracket in a plurality of steering orientations. The mechanism is further configured to lock and alternately unlock the steering bracket relative to the transom bracket assembly such that in a locked position the marine drive is retained on the transom bracket assembly and such that in an unlocked position the marine drive is removable from the transom bracket assembly.
Integrated copilot and locking mechanism for marine drives
2024-12-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63H Schiffsantrieb oder Steuerung der Schiffe , MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING |
Copilot devices and apparatuses for supporting marine drives having a copilot device
European Patent Office | 2025
|Automotive engineering | 1985
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