US 12,234,001 B2
Outboard motor
Norikazu Kawai, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,870.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-036426 (JP), filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281579 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B63H 23/06 (2006.01); B63H 20/32 (2006.01); B63H 23/34 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 23/06 (2013.01) [B63H 20/32 (2013.01); B63H 23/34 (2013.01); B63H 2020/323 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outboard motor that propels a hull by rotating a propeller with a drive source, comprising:
a drive shaft connected to the drive source;
an output shaft that is connected to intersect the drive shaft and with which a propeller is provided;
a worm wheel that is disposed coaxially with the drive shaft and rotates to turn the output shaft around the drive shaft;
a worm that engages with the worm wheel and is connected to a rotating electric machine;
a case that covers the worm and includes an opening portion formed at a portion corresponding to a torque receiving portion; and
a cap that is detachably attached to the opening portion and covers the opening portion,
wherein the worm includes a torque receiving portion that receives a torque for rotating the worm at the other end portion on a side opposite to one end portion connected to the rotating electric machine.