Patent ID: 8597066

Claim:
An outboard electric motor system for a small boat with a transom or a temporary transom plate attached thereto, said kit comprising: a. an upper housing unit containing an electric motor; c. an elongated, lower housing unit, extending downward from said upper housing unit, said lower housing unit includes a propeller assembly receiving cavity, said receiving cavity includes a propeller hub opening; d. a drive shaft coupled to said electric motor and extending longitudinally through said lower housing unit and into said receiving cavity; e. a main gear attached to the distal end of said drive shaft; f. a fixed axle coaxially aligned and extended through said hub opening; g. a rotating propeller hub mounted on said fixed axle, said propeller hub includes a body configured to cover hub opening, said propeller hub includes an outer neck that extends rearward from said lower housing, said hub also includes a longitudinally aligned center bore that enables said propeller hub to rotate freely around said fixed axle, h. a propeller perpendicularly aligned and attached to or formed on said propeller hub; i. a secondary gear attached to or formed on said inside edge of said propeller hub said secondary gear also includes a center bore that enables said secondary gear to be coaxially mounted on said fixed axle, whereby when said secondary gear and said propeller hub are attached to said fixed axle, and said propeller hub is forced into said propeller receiving cavity, said main gear and said secondary gear are meshed together; j. an adjustable transom mount attached to said upper housing unit, said transom mount attaches to said transom formed or attached to said small boat and, enables said upper housing to selectively rotated and swing forward over thetransom; k. at least one tiller arm attached to said upper housing; l. a rechargeable battery connected to said electric motor; m. a switch means for activating and deactivating said electric motor; and, n. a switch means for controlling the RPMs of said electric motor.