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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Jeremy L. Alby, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Charles H. Eichinger, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Randall J. Poirier, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Robert W. Stuber, Rosendale, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
An outboard motor has a drive unit including an engine rotating output shaft and a driveshaft extending along a driveshaft axis and having an upper end coupled in torque-transmitting relationship with the output shaft. A propulsor shaft extends along a propulsor shaft axis and has a first end coupled in torque-transmitting relationship to a lower end of the driveshaft and a second end coupled to a propulsor. The propulsor shaft axis defines a direction of thrust generated by the propulsor. A transom bracket couples the drive unit to the marine vessel. A steering support couples the drive unit to the transom bracket and rotates the drive unit about a steering axis to change a direction of the thrust generated by the propulsor. The steering axis is substantially non-parallel to the driveshaft axis, and is oriented with respect to the driveshaft axis at a given angle of less than 45 degrees.