Outboard propulsion units for boats

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IN AN OUTBOARD PROPULSION UNIT MOUNTING HAVING A TRANSOM MOUNTABLE BRACKET SUPPORTING THE UNIT FOR TILTING MOVEMENT ON A HORIZONTAL TRANSVERSE AXIS AND BETWEEN A NORMAL UPRIGHT RUNNING POSITION AND A REARWARDLY AND UPWARDLY INOPERATIVE POSITION, TILT CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING A TWO-WAY ACTING DAMPER ELEMENT CONNECTED BETWEEN THE TILTABLE PROPULSION UNIT AND THE TRANSOM BRACKET TO ACCOMMODATE A PRESELECTED PORTION OF THE ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF THE UNIT IN TILTING BETWEEN THE RUNNING AND INOPERATIVE TILT POSITIONS, AND A SPRING ACTUATED LOST MOTION MEANS COUPLED TO SAID DAMPER ELEMENT IN THE CONNECTION THEREFOR FOR DELAYING ACTUATION OF THE DAMPER ELEMENT DURING THE INITIAL TILTING MOVEMENT OF THE UNIT FROM THE RUNNING TO THE INOPERATIVE TILT POSITIONS TO ENABLE THE UNIT TO HAVE RELIEF FROM OBSTRUCTIONS IN ITS PATH WHEN IN RUNNING POSITION AND TO RETURN RAPIDLY TOWARD A STEERING POSITION IN THE WATER FROM AN INOPERATIVE TILT POSITION, SAID DAMPER ELEMENT BEING OPERATIVE FOLLOWING THE INITIAL MOVEMENT OF THE UNIT FROM THE RUNNING TO THE INOPERATIVE TILT POSITION TO DAMP THE UNIT AS IT APPROACHES THE FULL TILT POSITION IN THE TILT CYCLE OF THE UNIT AND ALSO UPON THE RETURN TILT MOVEMENT AS THE UNIT APPROACHES ITS OPERATIVE POSITION, SAID LOST MOTION MEANS DELAYING ACTUATION OF SAID DAMPER ELEMENT UPON THE RETURN STROKE UNTIL THE UNIT REENTERS THE WASHER FROM THE INOPERATIVE TILT POSITION.