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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
Showa Corporation, Gyoda-shi, JP;
Hayato Tsutsui, Haga-gun, JP;
Shinya Horie, Haga-gun, JP;
Nobuaki Tanaka, Haga-gun, JP;
Takeshi Ueki, Haga-gun, JP;
SHOWA CORPORATION, Gyoda-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine includes: a cylinder having a cylinder chamber; a piston rod that is telescopically inserted into the cylinder chamber; and a hydraulic oil supply and discharge device that supplies and discharges hydraulic oil to and from the cylinder chamber, the trim and tilt apparatus allowing the marine vessel propulsion machine to perform a trim operation and a tilt operation, and the hydraulic oil supply and discharge device includes: a plurality of discharge units for simultaneously discharging the hydraulic oil; and a switching unit for switching between a case where the cylinder chamber is supplied with the hydraulic oil discharged by a part of the plurality of discharge units, and a case where the cylinder chamber is not supplied with the hydraulic oil discharged by the part of the plurality of discharge units.