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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philip J McGowan, Waukegan, IL (US);
Assignee:
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 53 ; 440 66 ; 440 51 ; 440 71 ; 1141 / ; 114162 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an outboard motor comprising a propulsion unit including a rotatably mounted propeller, structure adapted to be fixedly connected to a boat transom and connected to the propulsion unit for mounting of the propulsion unit for pivotal movement about an axis which is horizontal when the mounting structure is boat mounted, a trim tab mounted on the propulsion unit for pivotal movement about an axis transverse to the horizontal axis, and a linkage for displacing the trim tab about the transverse axis in response to movement of the propulsion unit about the horizontal axis.