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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1989
Kennedy K McElroy, Jr, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Edmund H DuBois, Zion, IL (US);
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
An outboard motor comprising an engine, a propeller shaft, a first drive shaft portion defining an axis and having a first end connected to the engine, and a second end opposite the first end, a second drive shaft portion coaxially aligned with the first drive shaft portion, having a first end connected to the propeller shaft, and a second end opposite the first end of the second drive shaft portion and telescopically connected to the second end of the first drive shaft portion, a device for preventing relative rotation between the first and second drive shaft portions about the axis, and a device for securing the first drive shaft portion to the second drive shaft portion.