A propulsion apparatus adapted to be installed in a watercraft may include a propeller extending below the water surface adapted to provide three hundred sixty degrees (360°) of directed vector thrust. The propulsion apparatus may include foot pedals operable by an operator in a cycling motion operatively connected to the propeller by a drive shaft interconnecting a crank gear assembly to a propeller gear assembly. The drive shaft may extend through vertically aligned concentric upper and lower conduits. The upper conduit may be fixedly secured to the watercraft and the lower conduit rotatably connected to a lower distal end of the upper conduit. The lower conduit may be rotated to direct propeller thrust to a desired direction.
Watercraft propulsion apparatus having directed thrust capability
09.02.2021
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B63H Schiffsantrieb oder Steuerung der Schiffe , MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING |
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