Steering device

Abstract

A steering device includes a steering handle and a handle bracket, the steering handle includes a bar portion, a grip, a rotation amount sensor that outputs a signal corresponding to a rotation amount of the grip, and an electrical cable that transmits the signal output from the rotation amount sensor, a rear end portion of the bar portion is provided with a shaft portion pivotally supported on the handle bracket, the shaft portion is provided with a handle-side communication passage inside, the handle bracket is provided with a bracket-side communication passage, and the electrical cable extends to the inside of the handle bracket through the inside of the bar portion, the handle-side communication passage, and the bracket-side communication passage.

1 . A steering device comprising:
 a steering handle; and a handle bracket that attaches the steering handle to an outboard motor, wherein   the steering handle includes a bar portion extending in a front-rear direction, an operation portion provided on a front end side of the bar portion, a signal output portion provided inside the bar portion and configured to output a signal in response to an operation of the operation portion, and an electrical cable configured to transmit the signal,   a rear end portion of the bar portion is disposed on one side in a left-right direction of the handle bracket,   the rear end portion of the bar portion is provided with a shaft portion supported on the handle bracket so as to be pivotable about an axis extending in the left-right direction,   the shaft portion is provided with a first communication passage inside having one end side communicating with the inside of the bar portion and another end side opening to an outer surface of the other side in the left-right direction of the shaft portion,   the handle bracket is provided with a second communication passage disposed at a position opposite to the first communication passage, and having one end side opening to an outer surface on one side in the left-right direction of the handle bracket and another end side communicating with the inside of the handle bracket, and   the electrical cable extends from the signal output portion to the inside of the handle bracket through the inside of the bar portion, the first communication passage, and the second communication passage.   
     
     
         2 . The steering device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the first communication passage extends along the axis, and a position of the first communication passage coincides with a position of the axis.   
     
     
         3 . The steering device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the shaft portion is divided into a first shaft forming portion and a second shaft forming portion in a direction orthogonal to the axis, a notch is formed in one or both of the first shaft forming portion and the second shaft forming portion, and when the first shaft forming portion and the second shaft forming portion are aligned with each other, the first communication passage is formed in the notch.   
     
     
         4 . The steering device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the handle bracket has an upper wall, a first side wall disposed on one side in the left-right direction of the upper wall, and a second side wall disposed on another side in the left-right direction of the upper wall, the second communication passage is provided in the first side wall, and the electrical cable drawn out from the first communication passage of the steering handle passes through the second communication passage, and then is drawn into the outboard motor through a space surrounded by the upper wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall.   
     
     
         5 . The steering device according to  claim 4 , wherein
 a waterproof connector is provided at a distal end portion of the electrical cable drawn out from the first communication passage of the steering handle, the waterproof connector is connected to a mating waterproof connector connected to the outboard motor via another electrical cable, a size of the second communication passage is set to a size that allows the waterproof connector to pass through the second communication passage, and the waterproof connector and the mating waterproof connector are disposed in the space surrounded by the upper wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall of the handle bracket.