Patent ID: 6478646
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
A drive device for an inboard-and-outboard propulsion machine, comprising:a drive unit, for connection with an engine, mounted through an opening of a hull, and having a lower part for projecting from said hull opening into water, and having an upper part disposed within said hull; a drive shaft substantially vertically disposed in said drive unit; a follower gear disposed on an upper portion of said drive shaft; and, a drive gear unit, meshing with said follower gear, wherein said drive gear unit is slidably disposed in perpendicular to said upper portion of said drive shaft such that said drive gear unit is slidably shifted forwardly apart from said follower gear from outside said upper part of said drive unit within said hull, for removing said drive gear unit from said drive device without separating said drive gear unit from the engine.