US 12,391,351 B2
Tillers for marine drives having yaw adjustment device
Scott G. Ahlswede, Plymouth, WI (US); Gary D. Needham, Stillwater, OK (US); Matthew S. Dawes, Stillwater, OK (US); Robert A. Podell, Slinger, WI (US); and Andrew J. Przybyl, Berlin, WI (US)
Assigned to Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US)
Filed by Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,987.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/310,369, filed on Feb. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0257092 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B63H 20/12 (2006.01); B63H 20/06 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 20/12 (2013.01) [B63H 20/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tiller for a marine drive, the tiller comprising:
a tiller arm,
a yaw bracket configured for fixed attachment to a marine drive and a steering bracket that pivotably couples a tiller arm to the yaw bracket for movement about a yaw axis, and
a yaw lock configured to lock the steering bracket and the tiller arm in a plurality of yaw positions relative to the yaw axis, wherein unlocking the yaw lock facilitates movement of the steering bracket and the tiller arm into a new yaw position in the plurality of yaw positions,
wherein the yaw lock includes a lever located on top of the steering bracket and a plunger that is extendable from the steering bracket into operative engagement with the yaw bracket, wherein pivoting the lever relative to the steering bracket unlocks the yaw lock by retracting the plunger from the yaw bracket.