Patent ID: 8747171
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
1. An electric outboard motor transom clamping system comprising: two spaced apart side plates connected to a main pivot bolt or pin that extends between the side plates, each side plate includes a clamp configured to press against the transom and hold the side plate in a rearward extending fixed position on the transom, each side plate includes a ratchet slot located below the main bolt, each ratchet slot includes a plurality of downward oriented pin slots that are transversely aligned to pins slots on the opposite side plate, each pin slot is angled upward and rearward between 5 and 25 degrees from the center axis of the pin slot to a line that extends from the bottom of each pin slot to the main pivot bolt or pin; and, a cylindrical-shaped block member disposed between the two side plates, the block member includes two longitudinally aligned pins that extend into and slide along the ratchet slots on the two side plates, the pins are configured to selectively engage the pin slots on the two side plates and hold the block member in fixed position between the two side plates.