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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Fernando Gallato, Padua, IT;
Fernando Gallato, Padua, IT;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A trimmable and controllable outside drive of a watercraft which comprises at least two actuators () for adjusting a thrust tube as well as at least one suspension apparatus () which can be fixed to a transom (), for pivotally mounting the actuators (). The drive comprises hydraulic () and electrical lines () for the actuators (), the hydraulic or electrical energy for adjusting the actuators () and electrical signals from the sensors being transmitted by the lines. A bushing apparatus () is arranged on the transom () and the hydraulic () and/or electrical lines () are connected, via the bushing apparatus (), both inside and outside the transom ()).