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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1995
Masahiro Muramatsu, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kazunori Yasukawa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Norihito Mizusawa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
An exhaust system for a marine outboard drive emits engine exhaust gases to the atmosphere at a point proximate to the water surface of the body of water in which the outboard drive is operated. An upper cowling of the outboard drive houses an engine. A drive shaft housing depends from the lower tray of the cowling and terminates at an intermediate housing. The intermediate housing connects a lower propulsion unit to the drive shaft housing. The exhaust system communicates with an exhaust manifold of the engine and extends downwardly through the drive shaft housing. An expansion chamber of the exhaust system is formed principally within the intermediate housing, below the drive shaft housing and above the propulsion device supported by the lower propulsion unit. An exhaust vent communicates with the expansion chamber and emits engine exhaust gases at a point behind the outboard drive near the lower end of the drive shaft housing.