Transom bracket water deflector for improved boat performance
AssigneeOutboard Marine Corporation
InventorRonald C. Baker
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Abstract
A transom bracket adapted to be mounted on a boat transom and adapted to extend rearwardly of the boat transom to support a propulsion unit rearwardly of the boat transom. The transom bracket includes a water deflection device for preventing water from impinging against portions of the propulsion unit lower unit when the lower unit moves through the water. The water deflection device includes first and second deflection surfaces, sloping downwardly and converging, the first and second deflection surfaces including spaced apart upper surface portions, and lower surface portions which converge and define a line extending between the transom and the lower unit.
Claims17
A transom bracket adapted to be mounted on a boat transom and adapted to support a propulsion unit which is located rearwardly of the boat transom and which includes a lower unit extending downwardly and having a lower end supporting a propeller about a rotary axis, and a generally horizontal water deflection plate above the propeller, said transom bracket comprising a portion adapted to be fixed to a boat transom and a lower portion defining water deflection means for preventing water from impinging against a portion of the lower unit when the lower unit moves through the water, said water deflection means including a first deflection surface and a second deflection surface, each of said first and second deflection surfaces including a lower surface portion and an upper surface portion, said upper surface portions being spaced apart, and said lower surface portions converging downwardly and defining a line extending from adjacent the transom and toward the lower unit and having a rearward end located adjacent the lower unit in the area between the water deflection plate and the propeller axis.
A combination comprising a boat including a hull having a transom, a propulsion unit including a lower unit having an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion supporting a propeller about a rotary axis, and a generally horizontal water deflection plate above said propeller, and means for supporting said propulsion unit rearwardly of said transom, said means for supporting including a transom bracket having a forward portion fixed to said boat transom and including means for deflecting water away from said upper portion of said lower unit, said means for deflecting including a first deflection surface and a second deflection surface, each of said first and second deflection surfaces including a lower surface portion and an upper surface portion, said upper surface portions being spaced apart, and said lower surface portions converging downwardly and defining a line extending from adjacent said boat transom toward said lower unit and having a rearward end located adjacent said lower unit and in the area between said water deflection plate and said propeller axis.
A water deflector adapted to be secured to a transom bracket which includes a portion adapted to be mounted on a boat transom, which also includes a lower portion, and which extends rearwardly of the boat transom and is adapted to support a propulsion unit which is located rearwardly of the boat transom and which includes a lower unit extending downwardly and having a lower end supporting a propeller about a rotary axis, and a generally horizontal water deflection plate above the propeller, said water deflector comprising a first deflection surface and a second deflection surface, each of said first and second deflection surfaces including a lower surface portion and an upper surface portion, said upper surface portions being spaced apart and being adapted to be secured to the lower portion of the transom bracket such that the water deflector is positioned between a lower portion of the boat transom and the lower unit of the propulsion unit, and said lower surface portions converging downwardly and defining a line extending between the transom and the lower unit of the propulsion unit and having a rearward end located adjacent the lower unit and in the area between the water deflection plate and the propeller axis.
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