Drive arrangement for driving a boat
AssigneeTorqeedo GmbH
InventorsFrank Despineux, Jacob Fischer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a drive arrangement (10) for driving and steering a boat (1), comprising an electric drive motor (14) having a shaft (14a) and receiving element (12), receivable in or on a hull (3) of the boat (1), for receiving the shaft (14a), wherein the shaft (14a) is pivotably or rotatably mounted in the receiving element (12) in a position of the receiving element (12) to be arranged outside the boat hull (3).
Claims16
A drive arrangement for driving and steering a boat, comprising
- an electric drive motor having a shaft, and a receiving element for receiving the shaft, the receiving element being receivable in or on a hull of the boat,
- wherein the shaft is pivotably or rotatably mounted in the receiving element in a position of the receiving element arranged outside of the boat hull,
- wherein the receiving element is adapted and configured to be arranged substantially perpendicular to the bottom of the boat hull, wherein a first portion of the receiving element is arrangeable inside the boat hull, and wherein a second portion of the receiving element is arrangeable outside the boat hull,
- wherein the shaft is supported by more than one bearing in the receiving element and, in the installed state of the drive arrangement, all bearings are arranged in positions arranged outside of the boat hull, and
- wherein the receiving element is configured to be arranged being surrounded by a portion of a bottom of the boat hull.
A boat comprising a drive arrangement for driving and steering a boat and a power source for supplying power to the electric drive motor, wherein the drive arrangement comprise an electric drive motor having a shaft, and a receiving element for receiving the shaft, the receiving element being receivable in or on a hull of the boat, wherein the shaft is pivotably or rotatably mounted in the receiving element in a position of the receiving element arranged outside of the boat hull,
- wherein the receiving element is arranged substantially perpendicular to the bottom of the boat hull, wherein a first portion of the receiving element is arranged inside the boat hull, and wherein a second portion of the receiving element is arranged outside the boat hull,
- wherein the shaft is supported by more than one bearing in the receiving element and all bearings are arranged in positions arranged outside of the boat hull, and
- wherein the receiving element is arranged being surrounded by a portion of a bottom of the boat hull.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.