Patent ID: 9422044
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: B63H,F16H

Claim Text:
1. A vessel propulsion apparatus comprising: a prime mover that generates power by which a propeller is rotated; a drive shaft rotationally driven by the prime mover; a drive gear connected to the drive shaft; a front gear that engages the drive gear; a rear gear that engages the drive gear and that is disposed behind the front gear; a dog clutch that moves in a front-rear direction of the vessel propulsion apparatus between an engagement position in which the dog clutch engages either the front gear or the rear gear and a non-engagement position in which the dog clutch engages neither the front gear nor the rear gear; and an oil passage passing through an inside of the front gear and that guides oil from a forward space in front of the front gear to a rearward space behind the front gear.