MARINE PROPULSION DEVICE WITH FLOATING DRIVE SHAFT

摘要

A marine propulsion device comprising a mounting bracket adapted to be mounted on the transom of a boat, and a propulsion unit pivotally mounted on the mounting bracket for pivotal movement relative to the mounting bracket about a generally vertical steering axis, the propulsion unit including a rotatably mounted propeller, a lower drive assembly drivingly connected to the propeller and having a generally vertical axis of rotation, an upper drive assembly adapted to be driven by an engine and having a generally vertical axis of rotation, and a floating drive shaft connecting the upper drive assembly to the lower drive assembly and permitting misalignment of the upper drive assembly axis of rotation relative to the lower drive assembly axis of rotation.