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AssigneeSanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKouei Kokubo, Daisuke Nakamura, Akihiro Onoue, Noriyuki Natsume
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A marine outboard drive, such as an outboard motor, includes both a splash plate and an anti-splash device. The anti-splash device includes a second splash plate that is provided on a lower mount, which couples together a swivel bracket and a drive housing. The second splash plate extends generally forwardly of the swivel bracket just under a lower portion of a clamp bracket that supports the swivel bracket. The anti-splash device preferably also includes a guide that is provided above the conventional splash plate for directing splashed water rearwardly so that the water is guided away from a mount cover that covers the lower mount. These features of the anti-splash device are particularly useful when the outboard drive is used with a pontoon boat.
A marine outboard drive comprising a drive housing through which at least a portion of a drive train of the marine outboard drive passes, a swivel bracket supporting the drive housing for pivotal movement about a generally vertically extending axis, at least one mount attaching the swivel bracket to the drive housing, a clamp bracket adapted to be affixed to a hull of an associated watercraft and supporting the swivel bracket for pivotal movement about a generally horizontal extending axis, a splash plate extending generally forwardly, and the splash plate being provided on the mount.
A marine outboard drive comprising a drive housing through which at least a portion of a drive train of the marine outboard drive passes, a swivel bracket supporting the drive housing for pivotal movement about a generally vertically extending axis, at least one mount attaching the swivel bracket to the drive housing, a clamp bracket adapted to be affixed to a hull of an associated watercraft and supporting the swivel bracket for pivotal movement about a generally horizontal extending axis, a first splash plate positioned generally upper than an upper portion of the mount, a second splash plate positioned generally lower than a lower portion of the mount, and means for covering at least a portion of the mount existing between the first and second splash plates.
A marine outboard drive comprising a drive housing through which at least a portion of a drive train of the marine outboard drive passes, a swivel bracket supporting the drive housing for pivotal movement about a generally vertically extending axis, at least one mount attaching the swivel bracket to the drive housing, a clamp bracket adapted to be affixed to a hull of an associated watercraft and supporting the swivel bracket for pivotal movement about a generally horizontally extending axis, and a cover member covering the mount, the cover member including at least one opening at a bottom thereof, the opening being configured to allow access to an interior of the cover member when the cover member covers the mount.
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