Patent ID: 8956195
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
1. An outboard motor comprising: a transom bracket that is attachable to a marine vessel; a duct that is rotatable around a vertical or substantially vertical steering axis with respect to the transom bracket; a propeller that is rotatable with respect to the duct around a propeller axis extending in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the steering axis, the propeller including a plurality of blades and a rim that surrounds the plurality of blades, the propeller being surrounded by the duct; an electric motor that rotates the propeller by rotating the rim with respect to the duct; a control unit mounted in the outboard motor, the control unit being connected to the electric motor and configured to control the electric motor; and an output adjusting device connected to the control unit and being configured to perform an output adjustment of the outboard motor.