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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Phillip D Magee, Stillwater, OK (US);
Edward C Eick, Stillwater, OK (US);
Gary L Meisenburg, Stillwater, OK (US);
Assignee:
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 76 ; 440 80 ;
Abstract
A marine drive is provided with a large volume anode, about 30 cubic inches, for galvanic protection. The anode (230) is a brick-like block member tapered along each of its height, width and length dimensions. The drive housing has an anode-mounting section (232) extending rearwardly therefrom and has a downwardly opening cavity (234) of substantially the same shape and volume as the anode, and receiving the anode in nested flush relation.