Patent ID: 8157070

Claim:
A marine reduction and reverse gear unit having an output shaft disposed at an acute or obtuse angle with respect to an input shaft, the gear unit comprising: a drive gear for transmitting torque from the input shaft; first and second driven gears engaged with the drive gear and disposed on the right and left sides of the drive gear to sandwich the drive gear therebetween; a reverse gear connected to the drive gear via a reverse hydraulic clutch; a first forward speed gear of a first speed reduction ratio connected to the first driven gear via a first forward speed hydraulic clutch; a second forward speed gear of a second speed reduction ratio connected to the second driven gear via a second forward speed hydraulic clutch; and an output gear fixed on the output shaft and engaged directly with any one of said reverse gear, first forward speed gear and second forward speed gear or engaged therewith via idle gears to thereby receive the transmitted torque.