US 11,939,036 B2
Devices and methods for coupling propulsion devices to marine vessels
Andres Perdomo Tornbaum, Neenah, WI (US); Wayne M. Jaszewski, Jackson, WI (US); Robert A. Podell, Slinger, WI (US); Jeremy J. Kraus, Mt.Calvary, WI (US); James E. Erickson, Fon du Lac, WI (US); Randall J. Poirier, Fond du Lac, WI (US); and Derek J. Fletcher, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US)
Filed by Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/377,061.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020248 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B63H 20/08 (2006.01); B63H 21/30 (2006.01); B63B 35/34 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 21/30 (2013.01) [B63B 35/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for coupling a propulsor to a marine vessel, the device comprising:
a rail configured for attachment to the marine vessel;
a carriage that is moveable relative to the rail into first and second positions;
a shaft having a first end pivotally coupled to the marine vessel and a second end for coupling to the propulsor;
an actuator configured to pivot the shaft relative to the marine vessel to thereby move the propulsor into and between stowed and deployed positions; and
a lock that is manually operable to fix the carriage in the first position in which the actuator prevents manual pivoting of the shaft and alternatively in the second position in which the shaft is permitted to be manually pivoted.