Patent
1975-05-16
1976-08-31
Blix, Trygve M.
B63H 512
Patent
active
039773566
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is a stern drive unit comprising a bracket adapted to be fixed relative to a boat hull, an intermediate portion supported by trunnions from the bracket for movement about a tilt axis, a steerable part which carries a propeller and which is supported by bearings from the intermediate portion for common tilting movement and for steering movement relative thereto about a steering axis, a transmission including a cross shaft supported by the bracket for rotary movement coaxial with the tilt axis and for axial movement relative to the bracket, an output gear splined to the cross shaft for rotation in common therewith and for relative axial movement therebetween, supported against axial movement and drivingly connected to the propeller, a driving member rotatably driven by a power source and supported by the bracket in coaxial relation to the cross shaft, a selectively operable coupling for connecting the driving member to the cross shaft for common rotary movement in response to axial movement of the cross shaft, and a shift lever for selectively axially shifting the cross shaft so as thereby to rotationally couple the driving member and the cross shaft, and a linkage for steering the steerable part including a steering member rotatably supported about an axis co-planar with the steering axis, and pin and slot connections between the steering member and the steerable part and located transversely outwardly of the trunnions.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3339517 (1967-09-01), Bergstedt
patent: 3556040 (1971-01-01), Strang
patent: 3605678 (1971-09-01), Shimanckas
patent: 3826219 (1974-07-01), Nossiter
Blix Trygve M.
Goldstein Stuart M.
Outboard Marine Corporation
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