718results about "Outboard propulsion units" patented technology

The utility model discloses a water area propeller and water area movable equipment. The water area propeller comprises a machine body, an operation device and a locking module. A propelling device used for outputting propelling force for propelling the water area carrier to move is arranged at the end of the machine body. The operation device is rotationally connected to the end, away from the propelling device, of the fuselage body through a transverse connecting shaft, can be folded or unfolded with the fuselage body and is used for being operated by a user to control the water area propeller to operate. The locking module comprises a first locking unit and a second locking unit, and the first locking unit and the second locking unit are arranged in the operation device and the machine body respectively. The operation device and the machine body are locked by the meshing force between the first locking unit and the second locking unit at the position between the transverse connecting shaft and the propelling device, and the operation device forms a suspension beam capable of loading the machine body between the transverse connecting shaft and the locking module.

The utility model discloses a water area propeller and water area movable equipment. The water propeller is used for connecting a water carrier to propel the water carrier to move in the water. The water area propeller comprises a body and an operation device. A propelling device used for outputting propelling force for propelling the water area carrier to move is arranged at the end of the machine body. The operation device is rotationally connected to the end, away from the propelling device, of the fuselage body through a transverse connecting shaft, can be folded or unfolded with the fuselage body and is used for being operated by a user to control the water area propeller to operate. The operation device is provided with a first locking unit, the machine body is provided with a second locking unit, and when the operation device and the machine body are in a folded state, the first locking unit and the second locking unit lock the operation device and the machine body at the position between the transverse connecting shaft and the propelling device. And a suspension beam capable of loading the fuselage main body is formed between a locking position of the operating device between the first locking unit and the second locking unit and a connecting position of the operating device on the transverse connecting shaft.

A tiller is for a marine drive. The tiller has a tiller arm and a grip on the tiller arm, the grip being rotatable out of a center position to control speed of the marine drive. The grip is operable in a right-hand mode in which the grip is only rotatable in a right-hand rotational range away from the center position and the grip is alternately operable in a left-hand mode in which the grip is only rotatable in a left-hand rotational range away from the center position, wherein the right-hand rotational range is diametrically opposite of the left-hand rotational range. A switching device is movable into a right-hand switch position in which the grip is operable in the right-hand mode and alternatively movable into a left-hand switch position in which the grip is operable in the left-hand mode.

The utility model discloses a water area propeller and water area movable equipment. The water area propeller comprises a machine body, an operation device and a locking module. A propelling device used for outputting propelling force for propelling the water area carrier to move is arranged at the end of the machine body. The operation device is rotationally connected to the end, away from the propelling device, of the fuselage body through a transverse connecting shaft, can be folded or unfolded with the fuselage body and is used for being operated by a user to control the water area propeller to operate. The locking module comprises a first locking unit and a second locking unit, and the first locking unit and the second locking unit are arranged in the operation device and the machine body respectively. The locking module locks the operation device and the machine body main body at the position between the transverse connecting shaft and the propelling device through the insertion force between the first locking unit and the second locking unit, and the operation device forms a cantilever beam capable of loading the machine body main body between the transverse connecting shaft and the locking module.

The utility model discloses a water area propeller and water area movable equipment. The water area propeller comprises a machine body, an operation device and a locking module. A propelling device used for outputting propelling force for propelling the water area carrier to move is arranged at the end of the machine body. The operation device is rotationally connected to the end, away from the propelling device, of the fuselage body through a transverse connecting shaft, can be folded or unfolded with the fuselage body and is used for being operated by a user to control the water area propeller to operate. The locking module comprises a first locking unit and a second locking unit, and the first locking unit and the second locking unit are arranged in the operation device and the machine body respectively. The suction force between the first locking unit and the second locking unit of the locking module locks the operating device and the fuselage body at the position between the transverse connecting shaft and the propelling device, and the operating device forms a cantilever beam capable of loading the fuselage body between the transverse connecting shaft and the locking module.

An outboard motor includes a steering mechanism including a pinion located in a central portion of an outboard motor body in a right-left direction and operable to rotate together with the outboard motor body, a rack operable to linearly move to rotate the pinion, and a rack position detector on a first side of the rack opposite to the pinion to detect a position of the rack.

A transportable outboard motor has a tiller which is pivotable about a lateral tilt axis into a plurality of tilt positions and also pivotable about an axial yaw axis into a plurality of yaw positions. The tiller is pivotable about the axial yaw axis into a straight-ahead position, into a port yaw position which is oriented towards the port side relative to the straight-ahead position, and into a starboard yaw position which is oriented towards the starboard side relative to the straight-ahead position. The tiller is pivotable downwardly about the lateral tilt axis from the port yaw position, and downwardly about the lateral tilt axis from the starboard yaw position. Pivoting the tiller into the plurality of yaw positions creates space for a user to manually grasp a swivel tube and thereby lift the transportable outboard motor from a rear-laydown position.

An outboard propulsion unit (10) mountable on a watercraft structure (3) such as a transom comprises a main body (12, 14) and a propulsion leg (16) carrying a thrust generator (18) and being rotatable relative to the main body for steering. The propulsion unit (10) comprises a helical actuator (32) for rotating the propulsion leg relative to the main body. This provides for a more compact motor with a lower body, which allows the motor to be tilted horizontally aft of the transom and facilitates towing.

A marine drive includes a torpedo housing having an open end and an electric motor assembly with an electric motor configured to power a propulsor for propelling the marine drive in water. The electric motor assembly includes a motor housing which is nested in the open end such that such that a first portion of the motor housing extends into the torpedo housing and such that a second portion of the motor housing extends from the torpedo housing and is exposed to the water for cooling thereof. The torpedo housing defines an opening which partially exposes the first portion of the motor housing to the water for cooling thereof.

A marine drive assembly is configured for propelling a marine vessel in a body of water. The marine drive assembly may include a drive unit having a propulsor for generating a thrust force in the body of water, a mounting bracket for mounting the drive unit to the marine vessel, the mounting bracket having an exterior facing portion outside the marine vessel and an interior facing portion inside the marine vessel, and a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between water from the body of water and a cooling fluid for cooling a component of the marine drive assembly, wherein the heat exchanger is coupled to the exterior of the mounting bracket.

A marine drive may include a frame configured to support the marine drive with respect to the marine vessel, a cowling enclosing a portion of the frame in a cowling interior, a steering arm configured such that movement of the steering arm causes rotation of the marine drive with respect to the steering axis, and a flexible rigging connector extending from the cowling interior to a location in the marine vessel. The flexible rigging connector may extend through a guide passage in the steering arm. Additionally or alternatively, the steering arm may include a base member and a mounting member selectively movable relative to the base member to adjust the length of the steering arm.

A transportable outboard motor has a midsection and a tiller extending forwardly from the midsection. The tiller is pivotable about a lateral tilt axis into a downward tilt position in which the tiller is oriented transversely to the lateral and longitudinal directions. The tiller in the downward tilt position is configured to permit manual carrying of the transportable outboard motor.

An electric propulsion device includes a motor for rotating a propeller and a cooling device for cooling the motor. The cooling device includes a first cooling system and a second cooling system. The first cooling system includes a heat exchanger that uses water from outside the electric propulsion device as cooling water and cools refrigerant, and a supply passage that supplies the water from outside the electric propulsion device as the cooling water to the heat exchanger. The second cooling system includes a motor cooling jacket that is provided in the motor and cools the motor with the refrigerant, and a circulation passage that circulates the refrigerant between the heat exchanger and the motor cooling jacket.

A cooling device for a ship propulsion machine includes a drain passage and a collector. The collector includes a collector main body, a case, an upper connection pipe, and a lower connection pipe having flexibility. A first bent portion is provided between an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the lower connection pipe. A second bent portion is provided between the first bent portion and the lower end portion of the lower connection pipe. The lower connection pipe extends downward from the upper end portion thereof along an axis of the case, bends at the first bent portion, extends downward while being inclined with respect to the axis so as to be separated from the axis, bends at the second bent portion, and extends downward while being inclined with respect to the axis so as to be close to the axis.

A ship docking assistance device includes a position azimuth information acquisition unit; a LIDAR; a map generation updating unit; a high-point acquisition unit; and a position azimuth estimation unit. The LIDAR acquires point-group data three-dimensionally indicating the environment around a ship. The map generation updating unit generates a map around the ship based on the point-group data. The high-point acquisition unit acquires, from within the point-group data, a high point having a prescribed height or more. The position azimuth estimation unit estimates the position and the azimuth of the ship through matching between the position of the high point acquired by the high-point acquisition unit and the position of the high point in the map. The map generation updating unit updates the map by placing the point-group data in the map using, as references, the position and the azimuth of the ship estimated by the position azimuth estimation unit.

A tiller system for a marine drive having an electric motor is provided. The tiller system includes a tiller having a shift handle and a throttle grip configured to be rotated about a throttle axis to control a speed of the electric motor. The tiller system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the throttle grip and the shift handle. The controller is configured to determine whether the tiller is in a separate handle mode or a throttle grip mode. Responsive to a determination that the tiller is in the throttle grip mode, the controller is configured to operate the electric motor such that a rotation of the throttle grip about the throttle axis controls a rotation direction of the electric motor.

A trolling motor mount to mount a trolling motor to a boat consisting of a multi-bar change point apparatus to lock the trolling motor in either a stowed position or a deployed position and a release assembly to unlock and move the multi-bar change point apparatus from either the stowed position to the deployed position or from the deployed position to the stowed position.

An electric propulsion device includes a propeller, a motor rotating the propeller, an inverter controlling driving of the motor, and a cooling device cooling the motor and the inverter. The cooling device includes an intake port taking water around the electric propulsion device into the electric propulsion device as cooling water, a drain port discharging the cooling water taken into the electric propulsion device to around the electric propulsion device, a pump flowing the cooling water from the intake port to the drain port in the electric propulsion device, a motor water jacket cooling the motor with cooling water taken into the electric propulsion device, and an inverter water jacket cooling the inverter with cooling water taken into the electric propulsion device. The motor water jacket and the inverter water jacket are connected in series between the intake port and the drain port in the electric propulsion device.

The application discloses an outboard motor testing system, which comprises a water tank, a supporting device for supporting the outboard motor above the water tank, two height adjusting mechanisms installed on the supporting frame, a turnover mechanism installed on the height adjusting mechanisms, a crossbeam installed between the two turnover mechanisms, a clamping device arranged in the water tank for clamping and fixing the testing end of the outboard motor, and a dynamometer arranged outside the water tank and connected with the propeller shaft of the outboard motor through a transmission shaft mechanism. The outboard motor testing system can improve the testing precision and efficiency.

A device for steering a trolling motor of a watercraft is provided. The device comprises a housing and a joystick attached to the housing, pivotably supported for movement from a neutral position in directions radial to an axis of the joystick. The movement from the neutral position generates a steering command for the trolling motor. The device has a transmitter within the housing and a processor communicatively coupled to the transmitter and the joystick. The device may further include a memory including a computer program code. The computer program code is configured when executed by the processor to receive movement data from the joystick, generate a steering command from the movement data, and transmit the steering command to the trolling motor. The steering command causes the trolling motor to rotate to aim in the steer direction to cause the watercraft to travel based on the joystick movement.

A tiller is for controlling a marine drive. The tiller has a base bracket assembly and a tiller arm which is extends outwardly from the base bracket assembly. The base bracket assembly is configured to facilitate yaw adjustment of the tiller arm, in particular into and between a variety of yaw positions relative to the base bracket assembly. The tiller arm has a grip restraining device which is located on the bottom of the middle portion of the tiller arm and is manually accessible from both sides of the tiller arm. The grip restraining device is specially configured to selectively restrain rotation of a hand grip on the outer end of the tiller arm. The tiller arm also has a tilt mechanism which facilitates tilting of the tiller arm relative to the base bracket assembly into and between a variety of tilt positions, including a straight upward tilt position and a straight downward tilt position.

A hydrofoil arrangement for a boat includes a fastening device, first and second rigid elements, and a main hydrofoil. The fastening device is fastened on an outside of a hull below a waterline of the resting boat. The first rigid element pivots in a first pivot plane into and out of engagement with the hull, vertical and parallel to a forward direction. The second rigid element is connected to the first rigid element and extends at an angle to the first rigid element so that a second end of the second rigid element is at a vertical distance from the hull. The main hydrofoil is fastened to the second end of the second rigid element. The first rigid element can be pivoted downwards and backwards, and thereafter upwards and further backwards, to a position where its second end is arranged stern of the hull. A method is also described.

An electric propulsion machine for propelling a boat. The electric propulsion machine includes a motor provided in an upper portion of the electric propulsion machine, a propeller shaft provided in a lower portion of the electric propulsion machine, a propeller provided in the propeller shaft, a drive shaft extending in an upper-lower direction and configured to transmit rotation of the motor to the propeller shaft, and a first non-positive displacement pump provided in the propeller shaft and configured to supply cooling water to the motor, the cooling water cooling the motor.

A watercraft propulsion system includes a first propulsion device attachable to a hull, a second propulsion device attachable to the hull adjacent to the first propulsion device, a first steering device to steer the first propulsion device, a second steering device to steer the second propulsion device, and a controller configured or programmed to control the first propulsion device, the second propulsion device, the first steering device, and the second steering device. The controller is configured or programmed to determine whether or not a predetermined load torque increase condition is satisfied in which a steering load torque of the second propulsion device is likely to be increased by a water jet generated by the first propulsion device, and to perform a propulsive force restricting control to restrict the propulsive forces of the first propulsion device and the second propulsion device if the predetermined load torque increase condition is satisfied.

In an aspect, a pivot and sliding mount for a trolling motor of a marine vessel is presented. A pivot and sliding mount for a trolling motor includes a mount having a top surface and a bottom surface. A bottom surface is attachable to a surface of a marine vessel. A pivot and sliding mount includes a base. A base includes a rotatable element and a slidable element. A base is configured to allow both a rotation and axial translation of the trolling motor with respect to the mount.

The present invention relates to an electric outboard motor aluminum plate-fin heat dissipation device, comprising an underwater cooling housing, a first cooling cavity and a second cooling cavity being formed in the underwater cooling housing, and the first cooling cavity being communicated with the second cooling cavity by means of a water flow channel. The underwater cooling housing is connected to a sealing cover for sealing the first cooling cavity and the second cooling cavity; the sealing cover is connected to a coolant inlet communicated with the first cooling cavity, and the scaling cover is connected to a coolant outlet communicated with the second cooling cavity, the coolant inlet and the coolant outlet being cyclically communicated with each other by means of a cooling pipe and a cooling recirculating pump. A first heat exchange filling block and a second heat exchange filling block which are respectively matched with the first cooling cavity and the second cooling cavity in shape are embedded in the first cooling cavity and the second cooling cavity respectively, surfaces of the first heat exchange filling block and the second heat exchange filling block both being provided with a plurality of flow guide channels for the coolant to flow. The present invention can reduce the weight while ensuring a heat dissipation effect.

A ship propulsion machine (1) includes a propeller (2), an engine (4) configured to rotate the propeller (2), the engine (4) serving as a first power source, a motor (17) configured to rotate the propeller (2), the motor (17) serving as a second power source, an inverter (19) configured to control driving of the motor (17), an engine drive shaft (21) connected to a crank shaft (6) of the engine (4), a motor drive shaft (22) connected to an output shaft (18) of the motor (17), a transmission shaft (23) connected to a propeller shaft (3) provided with the propeller (2), and a power switching mechanism (24) configured to switch a connection mode of the engine drive shaft (21), the motor drive shaft (22), and the transmission shaft (23) to switch a power source for rotating the propeller (2) between the engine (4) and the motor (17).

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a hull-direct-connection-type propulsion device of a contra-rotating propeller and a method for manufacturing the same, the propulsion efficiency of an electrically propelled ship being greatly improved by disposing the contra-rotating propeller attached to the electrically propelled ship so as to be directly connected to the hull. In order to achieve the purpose, the hull-direct-connection-type propulsion device of the contra-rotating thruster according to the present invention comprises: a contra-rotating thruster comprising a front propeller and a rear propeller; a dual-rotor motor for generating respective rotation directions of the front propeller and the rear propeller; and the double shafts are used for connecting the contra-rotating thruster and the double-rotor motor.

A boat control system controls a boat. The boat control system includes a boat propulsion device and an operation device. The boat propulsion device includes an electric motor and a first controller that controls the drive of the electric motor. The operation device accepts operations. The operation device outputs an operation signal in response to the operation. The first controller switches between a first steering mode in which the first controller controls the drive of the electric motor based on the operation signal and a second steering mode in which the first controller controls the drive of the electric motor based on an automatic control signal to automatically direct the boat to a destination point.

An end cap for guiding an exhaust gas flow of a boat engine. The end cap is configured to be attached onto a propeller nut of the boat engine. The end cap including: a base body having a bottom surface, a lateral surface and a tip, the tip and the bottom surface being spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the base body. The lateral surface extends from the bottom surface and converges in the tip. The bottom surface having a recess for receiving the propeller nut; and at least one exhaust gas-guiding structure extends helically along the lateral surface.