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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2008
David J. Belter, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Jeffrey J. Broman, Slinger, WI (US);
Eric S. Mueller, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Timothy S. Reid, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
David J. Belter, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Jeffrey J. Broman, Slinger, WI (US);
Eric S. Mueller, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Timothy S. Reid, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
An outboard motor is provided with an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system that provides a heat exchanger which reduces the temperature of the exhaust gas prior to introducing the exhaust gas to the cylinders of the engine. The heat exchanger can be integral to the engine, particularly the cylinder head of the engine, or it can be disposed outside the structure of the engine. When disposed outside the structure of the engine, the heat exchanger can comprise a tubular structure that causes exhaust gas and water, from the body of water, to flow in thermal communication with each other. Alternatively, the heat exchanger which is disposed outside the structure of the engine can use a cavity within the driveshaft housing as a heat exchanger with water being sprayed into the stream of exhaust gas as it passes from the engine to the cavity.