Marine propulsion device with floating drive shaft

Details Marine propulsion device with floating drive shaft Marine propulsion device with floating drive shaft

1985-04-15

1987-03-17

Basinger, Sherman D.

Marine propulsion

Screw propeller

Shafting

440 64, 464156, B63H 2304, B63H 512

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046504281

ABSTRACT:
A marine propulsion device comprising a mounting bracket adapted to be mounted on the transom of a boat, and a propulsion unit pivotally mounted on the mounting bracket for pivotal movement relative to the mounting bracket about a generally vertical steering axis, the propulsion unit including a rotatably mounted propeller, a lower drive assembly drivingly connected to the propeller and having a generally vertical axis of rotation, an upper drive assembly adapted to be driven by an engine and having a generally vertical axis of rotation, and a floating drive shaft connecting the upper drive assembly to the lower drive assembly and permitting misalignment of the upper drive assembly axis of rotation relative to the lower drive assembly axis of rotation.

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