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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Reinhard Burk, Stillwater, OK (US);
Brian R. White, Stillwater, OK (US);
Inventors:
Reinhard Burk, Stillwater, OK (US);
Brian R. White, Stillwater, OK (US);
Assignee:
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A porous member is disposed within the exhaust stream of a marine engine at a location where its temperature approximates the temperature of the exhaust stream through normal use of the engine. Exhaust gas flows freely through the non-catalytic porous member, but water passing in a reverse direction through the exhaust system is vaporized as it attempts to flow through the non-catalytic porous member.