Supports – Machinery support – For outboard motor
Patent
1977-11-11
1979-05-15
Foss, J. Franklin
Supports
Machinery support
For outboard motor
115 17, 115 72, B63B 1700, B63H 2126
Patent
active
041544170
ABSTRACT:
A mounting bracket for an outboard electric trolling motor has center and side arms for moving and supporting a propulsion motor, as for a fishing boat, between a submerged, outboard operating position and a retracted inboard, locked and secured storage position on the deck of the boat. An adjustable linkage is interposed between pivot axes on the side arms of the bracket for adjustment of the orientation of the motor shaft in the retracted storage position. Such adjustment selectively biases the propulsion motor housing downwardly onto a resilient pad on the bracket to cushion same against shocks occurring during trailering and during high-speed water operation of the boat. The adjustable linkage permits easy maintenance of any desired pre-load bias between the motor housing and the resilient pad despite changes in positioning of the depth of the motor in the water for best operation and despite manufacturing variations in pivot axis spacing, motor housing diameter changes, aging of the resilient pad, and other conditions.
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