Patent ID: 9630696
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B63H,F16H

Claim:
1. A shift actuator inside an outboard motor including a propeller shaft and a gearshift case having gears and a shift member, the shift actuator comprising: a main body section accommodated in the gearshift case of the outboard motor; and a shaft section inside the gearshift case joined to the main body section, the main body section comprising: an electric motor having a rotating shaft extending vertically and perpendicularly to the propeller shaft; and a gear mechanism causing the rotating shaft of the electric motor to rotate the shaft section, and the shaft section comprising: a threaded shaft extending parallel to the rotating shaft of the electric motor, and made to rotate by the gear mechanism in conjunction with the rotating shaft of the electric motor; and a movable nut screwed on the threaded shaft to vertically move along the threaded shaft with rotation of the threaded shaft, and connected with the shift member to shift the gears for the propeller shaft.