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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2020
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Kass W. Sawyer, Neenah, WI (US);
Brett Bielefeld, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for rotating inner and outer propeller shafts via a driveshaft. The system includes a stub shaft extending between forward and aft ends, the aft end having an engagement feature for engaging with the inner propeller shaft such that rotating the stub shaft rotates the inner propeller shaft. A reverse gear and a forward gear are each rotatably coupled to the stub shaft. The reverse gear and the forward gear mesh with the driveshaft and are engageable to become rotatably fixed to the stub shaft such that rotating the driveshaft rotates the stub shaft in reverse and forward directions, respectively. An outer driving gear is coupled to the inner propeller shaft to rotate therewith. An outer driven gear is coupled to the outer propeller shaft and a pinion rotatably coupling the outer driving gear to the outer driven gear such that rotation of the outer driving gear rotates the outer propeller shaft.