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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2015
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Shuichi Sugiyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Keisuke Daikoku, Hamamatsu, JP;
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu-Shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
The outboard motor includes a lower unit that rotatably supports a propeller shaft and a shift unit that switches a shift position. A drive shaft that transmits rotational power to the propeller shaft has upper and lower drive shafts provided coaxially and in series, end to end. The shift unit has an upper gear rotating in synchronization with the upper drive shaft, a lower gear provided rotatably with respect to the lower drive shaft, an intermediate gear that transmits rotation of the upper gear to the lower gear, and a bearing that rotatably supports the middle shaft provided with the intermediate gear. The intermediate gear and the bearing are modularized and are detachably installed to the lower unit.