ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,627, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to NHK SPRING Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Steering handle device for vessel" was invented by Shigeru Kuroi (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering handle device includes a housing to be mounted on a hull, a tube member and a steering shaft. The tube member is rotatable in a forward/backward direction around the tilt shaft relative to the housing. The steering shaft is inserted to the tube member. A steering arm is attached to the steering shaft. The steering arm includes an extending portion extending to an outer side of the housing. A joint member is provided on the extending po...