Patent ID: 9623947
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B63H

Claim:
1. A surface drive outboard motor used for shallow water operation on a boat or watercraft, comprising: a. a means to attach said surface drive outboard motor to said boat or watercraft b. a lower unit with an operational propeller for propelling a boat or watercraft that is pivotally attached to said means for attaching the surface drive outboard motor, the lower unit having a main lower unit housing and a lower unit shaft housing with the lower unit shaft housing section extending rearward from the main lower unit housing with a length typically used for surface drive outboard motors c. a propeller located at the rearward end of the lower unit shaft housing and driven via propeller shaft d. a horizontal drive shaft engine mounted to said lower unit for producing rotational energy to drive the propeller, an engine is mounted to the top of the main lower unit housing e. a belt, chain, to join the two parallel shafts for conveying rotational energy that connects said engine shaft to said propeller shaft that goes through hollow middle pivot point of said main lower unit housing f. and where said lower unit pivotally attaches is the steering axis for said surface drive outboard motor to pivot for steering said boat or watercraft whereby said lower unit and said means for conveying rotational energy and said engine can simultaneously rotate a full 360 degrees on steering axis.