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US 2019/0338833 A1Published application
Airboat transmission for driving counter-rotating propellers
AssigneeShane LAVALETTE
InventorsShane LAVALETTE, Steve Rutherford WALTON
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Abstract
The present innovation relates generally to propulsion mechanisms for propeller-driven vehicles and vessels, and, more particularly, to gear-driven transmissions for airboats.
Claims5
A gear-driven transmission, with a transmission housing, comprising:
- a first driven gear coaxially affixed to an inner driven shaft;
- a second driven gear coaxially affixed to an outer driven shaft;
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- an assembly of multiple gears rotatably fitted within the transmission housing and mechanically coupled with an engine drive shaft for driving the inner driven shaft and the outer driven shaft in a counter-rotating fashion;
- wherein the outer driven shaft is mounted to the gear-driven transmission
- wherein the inner driven shaft is mounted within the outer driven shaft.
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