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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1994
Gary L Meisenburg, Stillwater, OK (US);
Edward C Eick, Stillwater, OK (US);
Phillip D Magee, Stillwater, OK (US);
Charles M Mixon, Stillwater, OK (US);
Robert B Weronke, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Waylon D Shields, Stillwater, OK (US);
Woody R Smith, Stillwater, OK (US);
Steven J Pavey, Carney, OK (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Skokie, IL (US);
Abstract
A marine drive (10, 310) has two counter-rotating propellers (12 and 14, 312 and 314). Inner and outer concentric counter-rotating propeller shafts (40 and 42, 340 and 338) are supported by a spool (38, 336) in the lower horizontal bore (28, 328). Passages are provided in the housing for communicating lubrication and/or exhaust with the horizontal bore. Locking structure (50, 404) holds the driven gears and bearings in place in the lower horizontal bore.