Outboard drive and fastening device for an outboard drive

Abstract

An outboard drive is provided having a fastening device for fastening the outboard drive to a boat. The fastening device includes a fastening unit and a rocker unit that can be pivoted relative to the fastening unit. A lever unit is arranged on the rocker unit, by means of which lever unit the rocker unit can be positioned in at least three different pivot positions with respect to the fastening unit. Furthermore, at least three different steering angle ranges of a drive unit relative to the fastening device can be adjusted by switching an adjustment part. Furthermore, the outboard drive can be converted between a pinning steering mode and a remote control steering mode.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A fastening device for fastening an outboard drive to a boat, the fastening device comprising:
 a fastening unit configured to fasten the fastening device to the boat;   a rocker unit that is pivotable about a predetermined transverse axis about the fastening unit and that is configured to hold a shaft unit of the outboard drive; and   a lever unit that is arranged on the rocker unit and configured to position the rocker unit in at least three different pivot positions with respect to the fastening unit.   
     
     
         2 . The fastening device according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one pivot position of the at least three different pivot positions corresponds to a trim position of a drive unit connected to the rocker unit, and/or at least one pivot position of the at least three different pivot positions corresponds to a tilt position of the drive unit connected to the rocker unit, and/or at least one pivot position of the at least three different pivot positions corresponds to a shallow water position of the drive unit connected to the rocker unit. 
     
     
         3 . The fastening device according to  claim 1 , wherein the lever unit is configured to be switched into a locking position in which the lever unit fixes the rocker unit with respect to the fastening unit against pivoting, and
 wherein at least one of:
 the lever unit is configured to fix the rocker unit to a trim pin arranged on the fastening unit, 
 the lever unit comprises a locking stop which, in the locking position, strikes a trim pin on a front side, 
 the lever unit is configured to be switched into a run-on protection position in which the lever unit is configured to release pivoting of the rocker unit on a rear side, 
 the lever unit, in the run-on protection position, is disengaged from the trim pin on the front side of the trim pin, and the locking stop is disengaged from the trim pin in the run-on protection position. 
   
     
     
         4 . The fastening device according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the lever unit comprises a latching element and, in the shallow water position, the lever unit is in engagement with the latching element in a shallow water latching element receptacle arranged on the fastening unit,   wherein the shallow water latching element receptacle is configured such that, in a fastened state in which the outboard drive is fastened to the boat by the fastening device, the rocker unit is configured to pivot on the rear side if a resulting pivoting moment acting on the rocker unit exceeds a predetermined threshold value,   wherein the shallow water latching element receptacle comprises, on the rear side, an oblique ramp oriented at a predetermined angle with respect to a tangential of a circumferential direction with respect to the circumferential direction about the transverse axis, and/or   wherein, in the tilt position, the lever unit is in engagement with the latching element in a tilt latching element receptacle arranged on the fastening unit.   
     
     
         5 . The fastening device according to  claim 1 , wherein the lever unit comprises two lever members including a first lever member arranged pivotably on the rocker unit on one side and a second lever member arranged pivotably on the first lever member on the other side of the first lever member via a pivotable connection, and wherein the second lever member is guided on the rocker unit at a distance from the pivotable connection via a slotted guide. 
     
     
         6 . The fastening device according to  claim 5 , wherein the lever unit is configured to be locked in the run-on protection position, the slotted guide comprises a locking receptacle for receiving a guide element guided in the slotted guide, and the lever unit is locked in the run-on protection position if the guide element is received in the locking receptacle. 
     
     
         7 . The fastening device according to  claim 1 , wherein the lever unit comprises a pretensioning mechanism for pretensioning the lever unit in a predetermined direction, and the pretensioning mechanism is configured to pretension the lever unit in the direction of at least one predetermined position. 
     
     
         8 . An outboard drive for a boat, the outboard drive comprising:
 a fastening device configured to fasten the outboard drive to a boat; and   a drive unit that is arranged on the fastening device so as to be rotatable about a steering angle rotation axis,   wherein the fastening device and the drive unit are coupled via an adjustment part for adjusting a steering angle range of the drive unit relative to the fastening device), and   wherein at least three different steering angle ranges of the drive unit relative to the fastening device are configured to be adjusted by switching the adjustment part.   
     
     
         9 . The outboard drive according to  claim 8 , wherein the adjustment part is configured to be changed at least between three predetermined adjustment positions, and wherein in each of the predetermined adjustment positions of a respective steering angle range of the drive unit relative to the fastening device is predetermined. 
     
     
         10 . The outboard drive according to  claim 9 , wherein the adjustment part is arranged on the fastening device or the drive unit and the adjustment part has a coupling portion such that the adjustment part is configured to be coupled to a receiving portion arranged on the other of the fastening device and the drive unit for predetermining at least one steering angle range. 
     
     
         11 . The outboard drive according to  claim 10 , wherein at least one of:
 the adjustment part is configured to be brought into a first adjustment position in which the adjustment part it is coupled to a first receiving portion as a result of which a first steering angle range is predetermined,   the adjustment part is configured to be brought into a second adjustment position in which the adjustment part is coupled to a second receiving portion as a result of which a second steering angle range is predetermined,   the adjustment part is configured to be brought into a third adjustment position in which the adjustment part is coupled to a third receiving portion as a result of which a third steering angle range is predetermined, and   the adjustment part is configured to be brought into a release adjustment position in which the adjustment part does not bring about any steering angle limitation of the drive unit relative to the fastening device.   
     
     
         12 . The outboard drive according to  claim 11 , wherein one of the steering angle ranges has 0° rotation angle, at least one of the steering angle ranges has a predetermined rotation angle greater than 0° and less than 360°, and/or one of the steering angle ranges corresponds to a free rotation of the drive unit relative to the fastening device. 
     
     
         13 . An outboard drive for a boat comprising:
 a fastening device configured to fasten the outboard drive to a boat; and   a drive unit that is arranged on the fastening device so as to be rotatable about a steering angle rotation axis,   wherein the outboard drive is configured to be converted between a pinning steering mode and a remote control steering mode.   
     
     
         14 . The outboard drive according to  claim 13 , wherein the drive unit comprises a shaft that is rotatable about the steering angle rotation axis relative to the fastening device, and wherein, in the pinning steering mode, a pin is attached to a shaft head of the shaft and/or, in the remote control steering mode, a control flange is attached to the shaft head. 
     
     
         15 . The outboard drive according to  claim 14 , wherein the control flange comprises a connection for connection to a steering angle presetting unit that includes a steering rod that is connected to the control flange and that is displaceable relative to the fastening device in a transverse direction that is oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal direction that corresponds to a boat longitudinal direction in a correctly fastened state in which the outboard drive is fastened to the boat by the fastening device. 
     
     
         16 . The outboard drive according to  claim 15 , wherein the fastening device comprises a fastening unit that is configured to fasten the outboard drive to the boat, and a rocker unit that is pivotable about a predetermined transverse axis about the fastening unit and that is configured to hold the drive unit, and wherein the steering rod is guided centrally with respect to the transverse axis of the rocker unit in at least one hollow shaft that defines the transverse axis. 
     
     
         17 . An outboard drive for a boat comprising:
 a fastening device configured to fasten the outboard drive to a boat; and   a drive unit that comprises a shaft and that is arranged on the fastening device so as to be rotatable about a steering angle rotation axis via the shaft,   wherein the drive unit comprises a pin that is arranged on a shaft head of the shaft so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis,   wherein the pin is configured to be changed between a normal position that is provided for operating the outboard drive and a transport position that is provided for transporting the outboard drive, and   wherein, in the normal position, the pin is prevented from pivoting in a direction of the fastening device, and, in the transport position, the pin is folded in the direction of the fastening device and is held therein in such a way that a rotational movement of the drive unit about the rotation axis is prevented.   
     
     
         18 . The outboard drive according to  claim 17 , wherein the pin is folded between two mirror holding arms of the fastening device in the transport position. 
     
     
         19 . The outboard drive according to  claim 17 , wherein the drive unit comprises a locking part configured to selectively lock the pin against pivoting in the direction of the fastening device and to release the pin for a pivoting movement into a parking position. 
     
     
         20 . The outboard drive according to  claim 19 ,
 wherein the locking part is configured to be changed between a locking position and a release position, and   wherein, in the locking position, the locking part locks the pin in the normal position against pivoting in the direction of the fastening device, and, in the release position, permits a pivoting movement of the pin into the parking position.   
     
     
         21 . The outboard drive according to  claim 20 , wherein the locking part is configured such that the pin can be pivoted out of the normal position into the direction opposite the fastening device when a breakaway torque acting on the pin is exceeded in a pivoting direction directed counter to the fastening device. 
     
     
         22 . The outboard drive according to  claim 17 , further comprising:
 a brake unit configured to brake the pivoting movement of the pin about the pivot axis relative to the drive unit,   wherein the brake unit is configured to apply a predetermined clamping force to a mechanical pivot axis element that defines the pivot axis, and a level of the clamping force can be adjusted by an adjusting part that is accessible from an outside.