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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 09, 2006
Robert B. Weronke, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Jeffrey J. Andrews, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
John C. Leroux, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Robert B. Weronke, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Jeffrey J. Andrews, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
John C. Leroux, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
In a marine transmission, trailing faces of each of a plurality of gear projections extending axially from a forward gear are provided with a rake angle. This rake angle of each trailing face cooperates with an associated surface of each of a plurality of clutch projections to retain a dog clutch in an axial position relative to the forward gear even during periods when a marine vessel is rapidly decelerating and, as a result, the dog clutch moves into driving relation with the forward gear.