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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akihiro Onoue, Hamamatsu, JP;
Ryoji Nakahama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 75 ; 184-612 ;
Abstract
A lower unit assembly for a marine outboard drive having a forward, neutral, reverse transmission positioned forwardly of a thrust flange on the propeller shaft and for driving the propeller shaft in forward and reverse directions. Several embodiments of arrangements are shown for lubricating not only the thrust flange, but the thrust bearings which it engages by circulating lubricant from the transmission rearwardly of the thrust flange.