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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:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
John H Westerbeke, Jr, Milton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Westerbeke Corporation, Avon, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ; B29D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
181204 ; 181202 ; 264 457 ;
Abstract
An enclosure for enclosing sound-producing equipment (such as a marine propulsion system), the enclosure having first and second opposing end panels, first and second opposing side panels, a base and a top panel, releasably connected to each other at corresponding mitered edge joints. The method of making the enclosure includes molding a single enclosure preform and then severing the preform into side, end and top panels. The enclosure preform may be rotationally molded, for example, and may have a layer of sound absorbing material applied to its inner surface during molding. Other, non-molded sound enclosure embodiments are also disclosed.