Patent ID: 8469755

Claim:
A drive arrangement for an inboard-outboard drive engine of a watercraft, the drive arrangement comprising: a drive unit ( 2 ) with an upper part ( 3 ) arranged in a hull ( 1 ) of the watercraft and a lower part ( 4 ) which extends through a sealed opening in the hull ( 1 ) into surrounding water such that a drivetrain extends through the drive unit ( 2 ), by which at least one propeller, supported by the lower part ( 4 ), can be driven by a motor coupled to the upper part ( 3 ), the upper part ( 3 ) being in contact with a carrier system which, by virtue of a plurality of supporting units ( 12 A- 12 D), supports reaction forces and torques produced in the drive unit ( 2 ) in a longitudinal transverse direction and a vertical direction relative to the hull ( 1 ), the carrier system comprising at least four supporting units ( 12 A- 12 D), each with at least one supporting element, and the at least four supporting units ( 12 A- 12 D) being positioned uniformly around the upper part ( 3 ) of the drive unit ( 2 ) and connected thereto, and the at least four supporting units ( 12 A- 12 D) being positioned in equal numbers on two sides of the upper part ( 3 ) of the drive unit ( 2 ) and each of the two sides are, in each case, connected to the upper part ( 3 ), via a respective common carrier arm ( 11 A, 11 B), the carrier arms ( 11 A, 11 B) comprising, in each case, a hollow profile with a rectangular cross-section and being, in each case, fixed to the upper part ( 3 ) via a attachment ( 18 A, 18 B).