Marine propulsion engine voltage generator arrangement

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A marine propulsion device comprising a lower unit including a rotatably mounted propeller an internal combustion engine mounted on the lower unit and drivingly connected to the propeller the, engine including an engine block, a crankshaft and flywheel assembly including a crankshaft rotatably supported by the engine block and having an end extending from the engine block, and a flywheel mounted on the end of the crankshaft for rotation therewith, and a voltage generator including a magnet mounted on one of the assembly and the engine block and a coil mounted on the other of the assembly and the engine block, the coil being radially spaced from the magnet, and an annular power takeoff …