Patent ID: 9162742
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
1. A trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine, comprising: a cylinder with one cylinder chamber; a piston rod that is telescopically inserted into the cylinder chamber of the cylinder; and a hydraulic oil supply and discharge device that supplies and discharges hydraulic oil to and from the cylinder chamber of the cylinder, the trim and tilt apparatus allowing the marine vessel propulsion machine to perform a trim operation and a tilt operation, wherein the hydraulic oil supply and discharge device comprises: a plurality of discharge units for simultaneously discharging the hydraulic oil that is supplied to the one cylinder chamber; and a switching unit for switching between a case where the cylinder chamber of the cylinder is supplied with the hydraulic oil discharged by a part of the plurality of discharge units, and a case where the cylinder chamber of the cylinder is not supplied with the hydraulic oil discharged by the part of the plurality of discharge units.