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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2006
Applicants:
Kazuyuki Shiomi, Wako, JP;
Tetsuro Ikeno, Wako, JP;
Takeshi Okada, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/00 (2006.01); B63H 20/32 (2006.01); B63H 20/34 (2006.01); B63B 1/16 (2006.01); B63B 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A boat propulsion engine includes a buoyant member () disposed on a case body that houses a drive shaft () in order to lift the stern. The buoyant member has a lower surface () that slopes downward in the rearward direction.