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US 2018/0001983 A1Published application
Outboard motor
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMakoto MIZUTANI
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Abstract
An outboard motor includes an outboard motor body, a mount mounted on a boat body, and a support member that supports the outboard motor body so as to be steerable with respect to the mount. The support member includes an upper support that surrounds a drive shaft and supports the outboard motor body, a lower support that is spaced below the upper support, surrounds the drive shaft, and supports the outboard motor body, and a coupler that couples the upper support to the lower support.
Claims17
1-17. (canceled)
An outboard motor comprising:
- an outboard motor body including an engine and a drive shaft that is coupled to the engine and transmits power;
- a mount to be mounted on a boat body;
- and
- a support that supports the outboard motor body so as to be steerable with respect to the mount;
- wherein
- the support includes an upper support that surrounds the drive shaft and supports the outboard motor body, a lower support that is spaced below the upper support, surrounds the drive shaft, and supports the outboard motor body, and a pair of couplers that couple the upper support to the lower support and are spaced apart at a predetermined interval in a right to left direction of the outboard motor;
- and
- the upper support and the lower support do not rotate with the outboard motor body about a steering axis.
5 more elements
The outboard motor according to claim 2918, wherein
- the support rotatably supports the outboard motor body about the steering axis;
- and
- the steering axis overlaps with the drive shaft as viewed in an axial direction of the drive shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.