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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2020
Cox Powertrain Limited, Shoreham-By-Sea, GB;
Richard Cornwell, Shoreham-By-Sea, GB;
COX POWERTRAIN LIMITED, Shoreham-By-Sea, GB;
Abstract
A marine outboard motor is provided with an internal combustion engine comprising an engine block defining at least one cylinder, an air intake configured to deliver a flow of air to the at least one cylinder; and an air intake duct forming part of an air intake path for delivering the flow of air to the air intake. The engine further includes a flow sensing arrangement located in the air intake duct and comprising a flow meter configured to generate a signal indicative of a flow rate of the flow of air through the air intake duct, and a bluff body located in the air intake duct upstream of the flow meter, wherein the flow meter is a vortex shedding flow meter.