| 摘要 |
<p>In a steering device (16; 90; 100) for an outboard engine (10), a drive shaft (67) of a helm mechanism (42; 92) and an output shaft (53) of an electric assist mechanism (41) are disposed orthogonally to a steering output shaft (48) of a steering operation member (37; 102). Where the steering operation member is a tiller handle (142), a torque sensor (141), provided between an outboard engine body (13) and the tiller handle (142), detects, as steering torque, a difference between steering angles of the engine body (13) and the tiller handle (142), and the helm mechanism (145; 202), drivable by the assist mechanism (143), operates to compensate for the difference between the steering angles. The assist mechanism (143) and the helm mechanism (145; 202) are provided on the body of the boat.</p> |
