Propulsion devices with lock devices and methods of making propulsion devices with lock devices for marine vessels

US11851150B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brunswick Corporation · US

Inventors

• Andres Perdomo Tornbaum · Neenah, US
• Wayne M. Jaszewski · Sparta, US
• Robert A. Podell · Slinger, US
• Jeremy J. Kraus · Calvary, US
• James E. Erickson · Fond du Lac, US
• Randall J. Poirier · Fond du Lac, US
• Derek J. Fletcher · Oshkosh, US
• Matthew Z. Seta · Fond du Lac, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 19, 2021
• Grant date: Dec 26, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B63H2025/425
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A propulsion device for a marine vessel. The propulsion device includes a base configured to be coupled to the marine vessel. A propulsor is pivotally coupled to the base and pivotable into and between a deployed position and a stowed position. The propulsor is configured to propel the marine vessel in water when in the deployed position. A lock device has a rigid member and is selectively engageable such that the rigid member prevents the propulsor from pivoting away from the stowed position.