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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:
Jan. 12, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
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 ; 123 4131 ; 415176 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for use in cooling a marine engine is disclosed which includes a cylindrically shaped impeller having a plurality of vanes attached thereto, a housing with a main chamber in which the impeller is located, the impeller being driven by a drive shaft of the engine. The housing has a second chamber located between the main chamber and an outer end wall through which water is pumped to cool the separating wall between the chambers, which may be heated by the rotating impeller during operation.