Marine propulsion – Screw propeller – With vibration dampening
Patent
1993-09-24
1995-04-18
Avila, Stephen P.
Marine propulsion
Screw propeller
With vibration dampening
440 76, B63H 115
Patent
active
054073723
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is an outboard motor comprising a propulsion unit including a lower unit having port and starboard sides and comprising a drive shaft housing having an upper end, a power head including an engine fixedly attached to said upper end of said drive shaft housing, and an engine cover assembly comprising a starboard lower cover member extending downwardly to said lower end of said drive shaft housing and including an inwardly open recess, a port lower cover member extending downwardly to said lower end of said drive shaft housing and including an inwardly open recess, and means connecting together said port and starboard cover members independently of said lower unit and in surrounding covering relation to said drive shaft housing, and means resiliently supporting said lower cover members on said lower unit and including rubber mounts respectively extending from said port and starboard sides of said lower unit and into said inwardly open recesses of said lower cover members.
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Blanchard Clarence E.
Burmeister Scott N.
Mondek Martin J.
Nerstrom James S.
Sullivan Donald K.
Avila Stephen P.
Outboard Marine Corporation
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