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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:
Dec. 20, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wallace R Karrasch, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Kennedy K McElroy, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Steven R McNeill, Waukegan, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 83 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a marine propulsion device adapted to be mounted to the transom of the boat, the marine propulsion device comprising an engine, a rotatably mounted propeller, and a drive shaft assembly drivingly connecting the engine to the propeller, the drive shaft assembly including a lower drive shaft member having a lower end coupled to the propeller and having a threaded upper end, the drive shaft assembly further including an upper drive shaft member having a threaded lower end for threadedly engaging the threaded upper end of the lower drive shaft member.