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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:
Jul. 20, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1992
George L Broughton, Zion, IL (US);
Paul W Breckenfeld, Kenosha, WI (US);
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an engine comprising a closed deck cylinder block including a cylinder bore having an outer end, a counter bore at the outer end of the cylinder bore, and an outer wall including an outer cylinder head mounting surface extending from the counter bore, a coolant jacket located in spaced surrounding relation to the cylinder bore and being defined in part by the outer wall, and a passage located in the outer wall and communicating between the cylinder head mounting surface and the coolant jacket, a cylinder liner received in the cylinder bore and defining, with the counter bore, a U-shaped annular groove in the cylinder head mounting surface, a cylinder head including a cylinder block mounting surface engaged with the cylinder head mounting surface of the cylinder block, an interior coolant jacket, and a passage extending from the coolant jacket in the cylinder head to the cylinder block mounting surface of the cylinder head and communicating with the passage in the cylinder block.