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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:
May. 11, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin J Mondek, Wonder Lake, IL (US);
Lawrence E Zdanowicz, Waukegan, IL (US);
Assignee:
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 83 ; 440 49 ; 440 79 ; 440900 ;
Abstract
A marine propulsion device including a lower unit, a propeller shaft rotatably supported by the lower unit and to support a propeller, the shaft including a longitudinal axis and a surface defining a plane which is substantially normal to the axis, and a thrust washer for transmitting thrusting force from the propeller to the surface.