US 12,280,861 B2
Outboard motor
Kimitaka Saruwatari, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed by YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata (JP)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/863,471.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-140527 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0066941 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B63H 20/32 (2006.01); B63H 20/12 (2006.01); B63H 20/14 (2006.01); B63H 20/24 (2006.01); B63H 20/28 (2006.01); B63H 23/30 (2006.01); B63H 23/34 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 20/32 (2013.01) [B63H 20/12 (2013.01); B63H 20/14 (2013.01); B63H 20/24 (2013.01); B63H 20/28 (2013.01); B63H 23/30 (2013.01); B63H 23/34 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outboard motor comprising:
an engine;
a drive shaft extending downwardly from the engine and rotatable by power of the engine;
a drive shaft cover including an upper space extending along a circumferential direction around the drive shaft to cover an upper portion of the drive shaft;
a lower unit including a propeller, a propeller shaft to rotate together with the propeller, a transmission to transmit rotation of the drive shaft to the propeller shaft, an electrical component, and a lower housing; and
a harness connected to the electrical component; wherein
the lower housing includes a lower space that communicates with the upper space from below and houses the propeller shaft, the transmission, a lower portion of the drive shaft, and the electrical component;
the lower unit is joined to the drive shaft cover and rotatable with respect to the drive shaft cover along the circumferential direction around a steering axis coaxial with the drive shaft; and
the harness extends through the upper space and the lower space and is connected to the electrical component in the lower housing.