Marine engine drive

• US 3,230,698 A
• Filed: 12/09/1964
• Issued: 01/25/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Henry D. Nettles
• Original Assignee: Henry D. Nettles
• Inventors: Nettles, Henry D.
• Application Number:
  US04/417,002
• Time in Patent Office: 412 Days
• US Class Current: 60/718
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 20/14 Transmission between propulsion power unit and propulsion element
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 20/20 with provision for reverse drive

Claims

4. A MOTOR FOR USE ON SMALL BOATS COMPRISING:

(A) AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE;

(B) AN ENGINE SHAFT EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID ENGINE AND OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO SAID ENGINE TO BE DRIVEN BY SAID ENGINE;

(C) A PROPELLER DRIVE SHAFT DISPOSED IMMEDIATELY BELOW SAID ENGINE SHAFT AND AXIALLY ALIGNED THEREWITH;

(D) PROPELLER MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID PROPELLER DRIVE SHAFT;

(E) CLUTCH MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ENGINE SHAFT AND SAID PROPELLER DRIVE SHAFT TO ALTERNATELY COUPLE SAID ENGINE SHAFT TO AND UNCOUPLE SAID ENGINE SHAFT FROM SAID PROPELLER DRIVE SHAFT;

AND (F) AN ELECTRIC DYNAMO OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO SAID PROPELLER DRIVE SHAFT BELOW SAID CLUTCH MEANS AND HAVING ITS ARMATURE FIXEDLY COUPLED TO SAID PROPELLER DRIVE SHAFT, WHEREBY SAID ARMATURE ROTATES WHEN SAID PROPELLER DRIVE SHAFT ROTATES AND SAID DYNAMO OPERATES AS A GENERATOR WHEN SAID ENGINE SHAFT IS COUPLED TO SAID PROPELLER DRIVE SHAFT AND A MOTOR WHEN SAID ENGINE SHAFT IS UNCOUPLED FROM SAID PROPELLER DRIVE SHAFT.