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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1999
Kouei Kokubo, Shizuoka, JP;
Daisuke Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Akihiro Onoue, Shizuoka, JP;
Noriyuki Natsume, Shizuoka, JP;
Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A marine outboard drive, such as an outboard motor, includes both a splash plate and an anti-splash device. The anti-splash device includes a second splash plate that is provided on a lower mount, which couples together a swivel bracket and a drive housing. The second splash plate extends generally forwardly of the swivel bracket just under a lower portion of a clamp bracket that supports the swivel bracket. The anti-splash device preferably also includes a guide that is provided above the conventional splash plate for directing splashed water rearwardly so that the water is guided away from a mount cover that covers the lower mount. These features of the anti-splash device are particularly useful when the outboard drive is used with a pontoon boat.