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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2015
Ab Volvo Penta, Gothenburg, SE;
Peter Tuuliainen, Köping, SE;
AB VOLVO PENTA, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A propeller drive assembly includes a driveshaft for transferring a torque between an engine and a propeller of a water surface vessel, and a housing enclosing the driveshaft. The assembly includes, separately from the driveshaft, a first element and a second element, the first element extending through a first bore of the second element, wherein one of the first and second elements is fixed to the driveshaft and the other of the first and second elements is arranged to be stationary in relation to the housing, and the one of the first and second elements which is fixed to the driveshaft presents in the first bore a first elongated cavity forming a first helix along the first bore, so as to form with the other of the first and second elements a screw pump.