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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:
May. 12, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald F Bland, Glenview, IL (US);
James C Kantola, Waukegan, IL (US);
Martin J Mondek, Wonder Lake, IL (US);
Assignee:
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 88 ; 440 89 ;
Abstract
A marine propulsion device comprising a propulsion unit which is adapted to be mounted on a boat transom and which includes an exhaust passageway having an upstream end adapted to communicate with an engine, and a mechanism for introducing water into the exhaust passageway at a location downstream of the upstream end.