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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1993
Gary L Meisenburg, Stillwater, OK (US);
Phillip D Magee, Stillwater, OK (US);
John W Behara, Stillwater, OK (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A marine drive (10) has two counter-rotating surface operating propellers (12 and 14). The lower horizontal torpedo portion (188) of the housing (20) has an upper zone (276) with outer surface profiles (11T-17T) along horizontal cross-sections defining wedges with sharp leading tips (11LT-17LT) forming a sharp leading edge (278) for slicing through the water, the sharp leading tips (11LT-17LT) defining the sharp leading edge (278) defining a first line extending downwardly and rearwardly at a first angle (280) relative to vertical. The torpedo portion (188) has a lower zone (270) with outer surface profiles (1B-10B) along horizontal cross-sections defining wedges with sharp leading tips (1LT-10LT) defining a second line (272) extending downwardly and rearwardly at a second angle (274) relative to vertical. The housing (20) includes a skeg (194) extending downwardly from the lower zone (270) of the torpedo portion (188 ), the skeg having a leading edge (288) defining a third line extending downwardly and rearwardly at a third angle (290) relative to vertical. The third angle (290) is greater than the first angle (280) and less than the second angle (274). The first, second and third lines (278, 272, 288) all intersect at the same point (284) which point is on the rotational axis (286) of the concentric counter-rotating propeller shafts (156, 158).