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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:
Mar. 13, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
David D Jones, Mequon, WI (US);
Assignee:
US Marine Corporation, Hartford, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 61 ; 440 75 ; 440111 ;
Abstract
A propeller drive for a boat which provides independent steering and independent trimming/tilting mounts through a hole in a bottom surface of the boat. Steering of the propeller drive is provided by a steering assembly constructed to rotate about a generally vertical axis for connecting the drive up through the hole in the boat. Trimming of the propeller drive is provided by a trimming assembly which is pivotally connected to swing the propeller drive generally horizontally from the steering assembly.