US 12,420,903 B2
Marine vessel, marine vessel steering system, and marine vessel steering mechanism
Yoshikazu Watanabe, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed by YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata (JP)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/956,893.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-204458 (JP), filed on Dec. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192261 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B63H 25/02 (2006.01); B63B 45/06 (2006.01); B63B 45/08 (2006.01); B63H 20/10 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 25/02 (2013.01) [B63B 45/06 (2013.01); B63B 45/08 (2013.01); B63H 20/10 (2013.01); B63H 2025/022 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A marine vessel comprising:
a hull; and
a steering system including at least one nautical equipment, a steering mechanism to adjust a traveling direction of the hull, an input terminal to receive an input from a user, and a controller; wherein
the steering mechanism includes a steering wheel with an operation switch to operate the at least one nautical equipment;
the input terminal is operable to receive the input from the user to associate the at least one nautical equipment with the operation switch; and
the controller is configured or programmed to associate the at least one nautical equipment with the operation switch according to the input received from the user via the input terminal.