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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2004
Cyril J. Batten, Jr., Stillwater, OK (US);
Daniel B. Slanker, Stillwater, OK (US);
Brian R. White, Stillwater, OK (US);
Cyril J. Batten, Jr., Stillwater, OK (US);
Daniel B. Slanker, Stillwater, OK (US);
Brian R. White, Stillwater, OK (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A marine propulsion system places an in-line engine at a tilted angle relative to a vertical plane in order to reduce the maximum height requirement space of an engine compartment in a marine vessel. The crankshaft axis of the in-line engine can be located on a vertical vessel symmetry plane or can be offset from it. The crankshaft of the inline engine can be disposed parallel to the vessel symmetry plane, within the vessel symmetry plane, or perpendicular to the vessel symmetry plane.