Patent ID: 6471556
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: B63H,F02B

Abstract:
A tilting mechanism for an outboard motor, comprising:an outboard motor which is attached to a hull so that the outboard motor can be tilted up and down; a cylinder for driving the outboard motor to change a posture of the outboard motor, the cylinder itself serving as a shaft about which the outboard motor can be tilted up and down; and a linkage to connect the outboard motor and a rod of the cylinder to each other, wherein the cylinder is single-walled, so that the cylinder comprises a tube which extends outside a piston fixed to the rod, and which contacts with an outer surface of the piston to form a first room and a second room on both sides of the piston, and wherein a first port supplying working fluid to the first room is located on one of ends of the cylinder near the first room, and a second port supplying working fluid to the second room is located on the other of the ends of the cylinder near the second room.