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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chitoshi Saito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yasunari Okamoto, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 57 ; 440 79 ; 440900 ;
Abstract
A number of embodiments of outboard drive systems that include a combined vertically extending drive shaft driven by the propulsion unit and which drives a generally horizontally extending drive shaft that drives a propulsion device positioned substantially rearwardly of the transom. The propulsion system is supported for steering and trim movement about respective spaced apart axes and these axes are both disposed substantially below the transom of the associated watercraft.