Patent ID: 8303359
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
1. An outboard motor comprising: an output shaft of an engine; a propeller drive shaft; and a transmission mechanism disposed between the output shaft and the propeller drive shaft and having a vertical gear-shifting shaft, wherein the gear-shifting shaft is parallel to, but laterally offset from, said output shaft and said drive shaft; wherein the transmission mechanism includes a plurality of transmission gears and a clutch rotatable together with the gear-shifting shaft for switching between combinations of the transmission gears, wherein the switching of the clutch is effected by a hydraulic pressure of oil supplied to the clutch from an oil pump, the oil pump is disposed at a location underneath a lowermost one of the transmission gears closely thereto and laterally spaced from said drive shaft, for suctioning oil accumulated in an oil pan, and the oil pan is disposed underneath the oil pump and laterally spaced from said drive shaft.