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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:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Ogino, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 66 ; 440 78 ;
Abstract
An integrated splash and anti-cavitation plate is provided for an outboard motor. The integrated plate decreases the overall weight of the outboard motor in order to improve the motor's performance. The decreased weight also lessens the load on the mounting structure which supports the outboard motor on the watercraft transom. In addition, the distance between the plate and the rotational axis of the propulsion shaft is such that the plate can effectively prevent water splash-up into the mounting structure, even when the outboard motor is run with its propellers partially exposed.