Marine drive system with belt drive

US5178566A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Ohio Associated Enterprises, LLC · US

Inventors

• Mark Stojkov · Parma, US
• John T. Venaleck · Painesville, US
• Carl W. Rose, Jr. · North Fort Myers, US
• Charles R. Anspach · Painesville, US
• Park French · Aurora, US
• James Bacnik · Mentor, US
• John E. Hartman · Mount Pleasant, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 12, 1990
• Grant date: Jan 12, 1993
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B63H2023/0216
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An outdrive system for watercraft includes use of plastic or other relatively flexible material, e.g., compared to metal, especially as a housing material, and techniques which enable and/or at least facilitate use of such housing material. One of those techniques employs a flexible member, such as a belt, to couple power between the input and output of an outdrive and another employs a cooling system to remove heat. The invention also relates to use in a vehicle drive, especially for watercraft, of housing materials that are not subject to corrosion, galvanic action and the like.