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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1990
Filed:
May. 12, 1989
Gerald F Bland, Glenview, IL (US);
Michael W Freitag, Kenosha, WI (US);
Martin J Mondek, Wonder Lake, IL (US);
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
A stern drive unit comprising a metal upper gear housing which is adapted to be mounted on the transom of a boat for pivotal movement relative thereto about a generally vertical steering axis and about a generally horizontal pivot axis, a generally vertical drive shaft rotatably supported by the upper gear housing and adapted to be driven by an engine, a lower gear housing fixed to the upper gear housing for common movement therewith, a propeller shaft which is rotatably supported by the lower gear housing, which is driven by the vertical drive shaft and which is adapted to have mounted thereon a propeller, and plastic covers covering more than a majority of the upper gear housing.