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Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2020
Applicant:

Platinum Marine Inc., Pinconning, MI (US);

Inventor:

Clark M. Woody, Pinconning, MI (US);

Assignee:

Platinum Marine Inc., Pinconning, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 23/06 (2006.01); B63H 5/125 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 23/06 (2013.01); B63H 5/1252 (2013.01);
Abstract

An outdrive for a marine vessel, such as a watercraft having an inboard engine, includes a standoff box configured to continuously provide power to the drive unit as the drive unit vertically moves from a raised mode to a lowered mode, thereby lowering a thrust point produced by a propeller, all while the watercraft is moving through water and while the propeller is producing thrust. The standoff box can include one or more idler gears that move via a system of brackets relative to an input gear and a transfer gear to maintain rotational engagement between the input gear and the transfer gear, which is joined with the drive unit to rotate the propeller. A related method also is provided.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Woody, Clark. (2022). Watercraft adjustable shaft spacing apparatus and related method of operation (U.S. Patent No. 11286028). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11286028

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