Brunswick Corporation

Clint Szumal

Wayne M Jaszewski

Andrew J Przybyl

Brad E Taylor

Chetan Avinash Dharmadhikari

John T Ledden

John N Oenick

William Wayne McEathron

Grant Shane

A thermal management system for a marine vessel. The thermal management system includes an open loop circuit and a pump that pumps water from a body of water, through the open loop circuit, and back to the body of water. The thermal management system further includes a closed loop circuit and a pump that pumps a heat transfer fluid through the closed loop circuit. A heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between the water and the heat transfer fluid. The thermal management system includes multiple components each cooled or heated by the heat transfer fluid. A valve has valve positions configured to vary a sequence that the heat transfer fluid is conveyed to the components so as to vary how the components share the heating and cooling from the heat transfer fluid and from the water from the body of water via the heat transfer fluid.

Thermal management systems and methods for thermally managing components for marine vessels

A method for making a marine propulsion device. The method includes providing a drive housing that extends between a first end and a second end, whereby drive housing has a cavity that extends inwardly from the second end. The method further includes positioning a conductor within the drive housing, whereby the conductor is configured to conduct power for the marine propulsion device. The method further includes inserting a motor assembly into the cavity and electrically coupling the motor assembly and the conductor while the motor assembly is positioned in the cavity and without entering the cavity via the first end of the drive housing.

Marine propulsion devices having electric motors and methods for making marine propulsion devices having electric motors

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Bruce Township, MI, United States of America

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