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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2006
Anthony M. Straub, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Kenneth R. Seymour, Ii, Plymouth, WI (US);
David J. Belter, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Anthony M. Straub, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Kenneth R. Seymour, II, Plymouth, WI (US);
David J. Belter, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A cooling system of an outboard motor provides back and forth flow of water from one side of an exhaust passage to the opposite side in order to avoid the creation of stagnant pools of water within which minerals and debris can collect. This result is accomplished by causing the cooling water to flow back and forth from one side of the exhaust passage to the other so that all portions of the water passages are forced to conduct water through them at a relatively high velocity. A water reservoir is formed between an exhaust conduit and an oil reservoir in order to reduce the operating temperature of the oil within the reservoir.