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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:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1996
David J Hale, Pickett, WI (US);
Brunswick Corp., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A jet propelled watercraft has a coupling assembly to couple an engine crankshaft to a jet pump impeller shaft. The coupling assembly can accommodate substantial engine crankshaft vibrations, yet effectively isolates the jet pump impeller shaft from transverse movement. The coupling assembly includes an engine crankshaft coupling head, an intermediate coupler, an impeller shaft coupling head, and two elastomeric isolators positioned between each of the coupling heads and the intermediate coupler. The intermediate coupler is supported exclusively by the elastomeric isolators, and is allowed to tilt transverse to the rotational axis of the intermediate coupler to accommodate engine crankshaft displacement. The coupling assembly is practical for personal watercraft because, although elastomeric isolators wear or shred quickly in the presence of transverse misalignment, elastomeric isolators provide significant durability in the presence of a reasonable amount of angular displacement. The coupling assembly allows the engine to be soft mounted to the hull of the watercraft, and therefore significantly reduces engine noises resonating from the watercraft hull.
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