Marine propulsion device with reversible shift apparatus
CA 1321928 C · Owner: Outboard Marine Corporation · Inventors: Zorc, Philip A.; Higby, Jeffrey P.; Mcelroy, Kennedy K. Jr.
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A marine propulsion device comprising a lower unit including a propeller shaft mounted for rotation about an axis, a propeller mounted on the propeller shaft, a drive gear, and a transmission including an actuator movable along the propeller shaft axis for selectively effecting driving engagement between the drive gear and the propeller shaft, an engine drivingly connected to the drive gear, a shift member movable along an axis transverse to the propeller shaft axis, and a mechanism selectively connectable, in alternative first and second conditions, between the shift member and the actuator for moving the actuator in opposite first and second directions along the propeller shaft axis in …
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- Granted September 7, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 7, 2010.
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