Patent ID: 9132899
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B63B,B63H,F02B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An outboard motor configured for attachment to and use with a marine vessel, the outboard motor comprising: an internal combustion engine that provides rotational power output via a crankshaft that extends horizontally or substantially horizontally, wherein either the internal combustion engine is entirely or substantially above a trimming axis of the outboard motor, or the crankshaft is above the trimming axis of the outboard motor; a propeller rotatable about a propeller axis and positioned vertically below the internal combustion engine when the outboard motor is in a standard operational position; and at least one transmission device that allows for transmission of at least some of the rotational power output to the propeller, wherein an aft surface of the internal combustion engine is rigidly attached to a first transmission device of the at least one transmission device, wherein the first transmission device is further rigidly attached to a second transmission device, wherein the second transmission device is positioned substantially below the internal combustion engine, between the internal combustion engine and the propeller axis, the second transmission device being in addition to a third transmission device within a gear casing of the outboard motor, and wherein the second transmission device is further rigidly attached, at least indirectly by an additional rigid member, to the internal combustion engine, whereby in combination the internal combustion engine, first and second transmission devices, and additional rigid member form a rigid combination structure that is substantially rectangular.