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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:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Darris E Allison, Louisville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 71 ; 114140 ;
Abstract
An outboard or stern marine drive assembly includes a skeg that is detachably secured to the lower gear case. The skeg plane is laterally off-set from the vertical plane that passes through the propeller thrust axis. One embodiment of the thin, high-strength steel skeg is secured by a 'T' section along the top edge of the skeg to mesh longitudinally with a corresponding T slot in the gear case wall. In another embodiment, the skeg is flush mounted to a boss surface cast integrally with the shell wall of the gear case.