Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shock absorber for propeller unit, propeller unit, and vessel propulsion apparatus
-
Application No.: US15353838Application Date: 2016-11-17
-
Publication No.: US10336418B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Yohei Kuroki
- Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Shizuoka
- Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Shizuoka
- Agency: Keating and Bennett, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-009284 20130122
- Main IPC: B63H1/15
- IPC: B63H1/15 ; B63H1/20 ; F16D3/12 ; B63H23/34 ; B63H20/14 ; F16F15/124

Abstract:
A damper is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of a bushing and an inner peripheral surface of an inner hub. The damper includes a first portion facing a rib of the bushing, a second portion facing a rib of the inner hub, and a connection portion by which the first portion and the second portion are connected to each other. In a state in which a rotational force has not been applied between the bushing and the inner hub, the damper includes a cross-sectional shape that defines a deformation-absorbing space positioned between the first portion and the second portion. The deformation-absorbing space is deformed such that the first portion approaches the second portion in a state in which the rib of the bushing and the rib of the inner hub have moved relatively by application of a rotational force between the bushing and the inner hub.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170066516A1 SHOCK ABSORBER FOR PROPELLER UNIT, PROPELLER UNIT, AND VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-03-09
Information query