US 12,246,813 B2
Outboard motor
Kimitaka Saruwatari, Shizuoka (JP); Tomoya Sako, Shizuoka (JP); and Ryo Nakanishi, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed by YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata (JP)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/848,621.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-125692 (JP), filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0029771 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B63H 23/34 (2006.01); B63H 20/02 (2006.01); B63H 20/32 (2006.01); B63H 23/32 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 23/34 (2013.01) [B63H 20/02 (2013.01); B63H 20/32 (2013.01); B63H 23/321 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outboard motor comprising:
a drive source;
a drive shaft extending downward from the drive source;
a propeller shaft connected to the drive shaft and extending in a front-rear direction of the outboard motor;
a first case accommodating the drive source;
a second case accommodating the propeller shaft;
a third case between the first case and the second case in a vertical direction of the outboard motor;
a bearing between the first case and the second case in the vertical direction and outside the third case and rotatably supporting the drive shaft; and
a bearing housing between the first case and the second case in the vertical direction and outside the third case and supporting the bearing.