Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Toshiyuki Yamazaki

Ryoji Nakahama

Eifu Watanabe

A mounting arrangement for a marine drive including a pair of non-parallel unequal links pivotally connected at one of their ends to the transom and at their other ends to the outboard drive so that the outboard drive will be raised on pivotal movement of the links while maintaining a relatively lower amount of pivotal movement of the outboard drive relative to the associated watercraft so as to minimize the overhang and yet permit a large degree of raising of the propeller during the pivotal movement. The linkage system further permits the outboard drive to assume the desired trim angle under all driving conditions.

Tilting device for outboard engine

An outboard motor cowling arrangement wherein the cowling includes a tray that is affixed directly to the drive shaft housing independently of the other cowling portions.

Protective cowling arrangement for outboard motor

A spark and throttle control arrangement for an internal combustion engine for altering the spark advance angle in response to the position of the throttle valve. The mechanism includes a throttle control lever and a spark control lever that are pivotally supported about independent pivot axes and a cam and follower arrangement operative between them so as to effect more rapid pivotal movement of the spark control lever than that of the throttle control lever during a phase of the initial rotation of the throttle control lever. Embodiments are disclosed so that the spark advance curve may be tailored to that of the engine by providing different rates of advance during different degrees of throttle opening and/or including a dwell.

Ignition angle advancer for internal combustion engine

Two embodiments of improved electric tachometers for outboard motors wherein the tachometer and its driving sensor are mounted on the protective cowling of the power head of the motor and the sensor derives an electrical signal through an air gap so that no mechanical connection is required between the engine and the tachometer.

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Iwata, Japan

Toshiyuki Yamazaki