US 12,459,622 B1
Marine drives and apparatuses for steering marine drives and for routing flexible rigging connectors on marine drives
William W. McEathron, Fond du Lac, WI (US); Wayne M. Jaszewski, West Bend, WI (US); and Wayne T. Terry, Fond du Lac, WI (US)
Assigned to Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US)
Filed by Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,691.
Int. Cl. B63H 20/12 (2006.01); B63H 20/02 (2006.01); B63H 20/10 (2006.01); B63H 20/32 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 20/12 (2013.01) [B63H 20/02 (2013.01); B63H 20/32 (2013.01); B63H 2020/103 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A marine drive for propelling a marine vessel in water, the marine drive comprising:
a supporting frame that is steerable about a steering axis;
a cowling defining a cowling interior that encloses at least a portion of the supporting frame;
a flexible rigging connector extending from the cowling interior and configured to couple a component of the marine drive to a component of the marine vessel; and
a guide member that guides a first portion of the flexible rigging connector generally coaxial to the steering axis and a second portion of the flexible rigging connector transversely relative to the steering axis towards the marine vessel.