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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gordon C Slattery, Omro, WI (US);
Assignee:
Brunswick Corporation, Skokie, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231 / ; 1841051 ;
Abstract
A marine outboard drive unit (10) includes a two-cycle internal combustion engine (14), an oil storage tank (30) storing lubricating oil for the engine, and a fill tube (40) within the engine cowl (24) for filling the oil tank therebelow. The fill tube includes a partitioned (82) upper cup portion (66) vented (76) to the tank and closed by a tactilely hinged cap (68).