Marine drive

Claim 1

IN AN INBOARD-OUTBOARD TYPE MARINE DRIVE COMPRISING AN OUTBOARD POWER LEG, A SUPPORTING MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A STRUCTURAL PORTION OF A BOAT, A FORWARD JOINT HOUSING CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER, AN INTERMEDIATE SUPPORT MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID FORWARD JOINT HOUSING ABOUT A FIRST AXIS, SAID OUTBOARD POWER LEG BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID INTERMEDIATE SUPPORT MEANS ABOUT A SECOND AXIS DISPOSED NORMAL TO SAID FIRST AXIS THEREBY ALLOWING SAID POWER LEG TO BE OSCILLATED LATERALLY FOR STEERING OR PIVOTED UPWARDLY FOR KICK-UP, A POWER SHAFT ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED AT ONE END TO A PRIME MOVER, A UNIVERSAL JOINT ASSEMBLY, MEANS CONNECTING SAID POWER SHAFT FOR ROTATION WITH SAID UNIVERSAL JOINT ASSEMBLY, A REARWARD JOINT HOUSING CARRIED BY SAID POWER LEG AND DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID FORWARD JOINT HOUSING, GEARING AND POWER TRANSFER SHAFT MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID POWER LEG AND BEING CONNECTED TO SAID UNIVERSAL JOINT ASSEMBLY FOR ROTATING THEREWITH, SAID UNIVERSAL JOINT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FIRST YOKE HAVING A PAIR OF WITH SAID POWER SHAFT, SAID FIRST YOKE HAVING A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED, OPPOSITELY DISPOSED YOKE ARMS, A SECOND YOKE CONNECTED WITH SAID GEARING MEANS, SAID SECOND YOKE HAVING A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED, OPPOSITELY DISPOSED YOKE ARMS, A CONNECTING RING DISPOSED AXIALLY INTERMEDIATE SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND YOKES, SAID CONNECTING RING HAVING A HOLLOW CENTRAL RING PORTION, A FIRST SET OF LATERALLY SPACED, OPPOSITELY DISPOSED YOKE ARMS ON SAID RING PORTION, MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST SET OF YOKE ARMS ON SAID RING PORTION, WITH SAID YOKE ARMS ON SAID FIRST YOKE FOR UNIVERSAL MOTION THEREBETWEEN, A SECOND SET OF YOKE ARMS ON SAID RING PORTION, MEANS CONNECTING SAID SECOND SET OF YOKE ARMS ON SAID RING PORTION WITH SAID YOKE ARMS OF SAID SECOND YOKE FOR UNIVERSAL