Patent ID: 9233743
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: B63H

Claim Text:
1. A steering device of an outboard motor, the outboard motor housing an engine in an engine case fixed to a stern board of a hull and having a propulsion unit driven by the engine outside of the engine case, a power transmission mechanism including an intermediate speed reducer, and a tilt mechanism including a tilt shaft, the steering device comprising: a swivel bracket installed in a predetermined part of a rear portion of the engine case, said swivel bracket pivotably supporting the propulsion unit around a steering shaft, wherein said propulsion unit is rotatable to the engine case fixed to the stern board around an axis of the steering shaft, wherein axes of a drive shaft driving the propulsion unit and of the steering shaft are set coaxially to each other, wherein output of the engine is transmitted to the drive shaft of the propulsion unit via an input shaft of the intermediate speed reducer, an axis of the input shaft being provided coaxially with an axis of the tilt shaft of the tilt mechanism, and wherein the drive shaft and the input shaft are connected with each other at an upper end of the drive shaft via bevel gears.