Patent ID: 7351125

Claim:
An outboard engine system comprising: a system body having a propeller shaft; a mounting device for mounting the system body to a hull for tilting movement; a trim device having an expandable and contractable trim rod mounted on one of the system body and the mounting device; and a thrust receiver mounted on the other of the system body and the mounting device to support a thrust force of the system body transmitted through the trim rod of the trim device, wherein the thrust receiver includes: a shaft portion extending through a lubricant reservoir and supported for rotation about an axis generally parallel to an axis of the trim rod; and a pressure-receiving portion provided at one end of the shaft portion to abut against a tip end of the trim rod; and wherein an abutment point between the tip end of the trim rod and the pressure-receiving portion of the thrust receiver is displaced from the axis of the shaft portion in a lateral direction of the system body.