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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:
Aug. 16, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eifu Watanabe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 53 ; 440 61 ;
Abstract
An improved thrust taking arrangement for an outboard drive wherein anti-friction members are provided for transferring the thrust between the trim adjusting thrust member and the outboard drive. The anti-friction members comprise rollers carried in a downwardly facing opening of the outboard drive. In some embodiments, the rollers are balls and in other embodiments they are cylindrical elements that rotate about an axis parallel to the trim pivot axis of the outboard drive. In some embodiments, the roller members contact a concavely curved surface of the thrust member and the radii of curvature are different so as to minimize relative movement.