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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Inventors:
Aaron J. Novak, North Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Adam J. Kurzynski, Neenah, WI (US);
Assignee:
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/28 (2006.01); B63H 21/32 (2006.01); F01N 3/04 (2006.01); B63H 20/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/28 (2013.01); B63H 20/245 (2013.01); B63H 21/32 (2013.01); F01N 3/04 (2013.01); B63B 2758/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A marine propulsion device has an internal combustion engine, an exhaust manifold that conveys exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine, and a cooling water sprayer that is configured to spray a flow of cooling water radially outwardly toward an inner diameter of the exhaust manifold. The cooling water sprayer has a sprayer body that is configured to convey the flow of cooling water radially into the exhaust manifold and a nozzle configured to spray the flow of cooling water radially outwardly in a fan-shaped pattern toward the inner diameter of the exhaust manifold.