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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2000
Arthur R. Ferguson, Glenview, IL (US);
Bombardier Motor Corporation of America, Grant, FL (US);
Abstract
A two-speed transmission ( ) with reverse gearing for a watercraft ( ). The transmission is disposed in the gimbal housing ( ) passing through the transom ( ) of the watercraft. A pair of planetary gears ( ) share a common ring gear ( ) to provide both forward-reverse and first-second gearing in a very compact package. The transmission housing may be formed in two portions, a first housing ( ) containing the forward-reverse gear mechanisms and a second housing ( ) containing the first-second gear mechanism. The transmission output shaft ( ) is connected to the drive shaft ( ) of a vertical drive unit ( ) by a double universal joint ( ) that may be replaced without disassembling the transmission components.