Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Outboard motor
- Patent Title (中): 舷外马达
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Application No.: US12365283Application Date: 2009-02-04
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Publication No.: US08118701B2Publication Date: 2012-02-21
- Inventor: Yoshihiko Okabe , Hirotoshi Yamauchi
- Applicant: Yoshihiko Okabe , Hirotoshi Yamauchi
- Applicant Address: JP Shizuoka
- Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Shizuoka
- Agency: Keating & Bennett, LLP
- Priority: JP2008-028852 20080208
- Main IPC: F16H57/08
- IPC: F16H57/08 ; B63H20/14

Abstract:
In an outboard motor, a speed reduction mechanism includes an inner gear connected with an input shaft (i.e., second output shaft), a planetary gear that meshes with the inner gear and that rolls inside the inner gear, and a sun gear that meshes with the planetary gear and that is not rotatable. A shaft portion of a carrier that supports the planetary gear, and a shaft core portion of the sun gear, preferably have a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical shape. The shaft portion of the carrier is inserted and arranged to overlap with the shaft core portion of the sun gear in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the shaft. The output shaft (i.e., drive shaft) is inserted and coupled to the shaft portion of the carrier. Accordingly, this provides an outboard motor that makes it possible to prevent the size of a speed change device from increasing in size when a speed reduction mechanism is added.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090203491A1 OUTBOARD MOTOR Public/Granted day:2009-08-13
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