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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Applicants:
Randall J. Poirier, Howards Grove, WI (US);
John A. Tuchscherer, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Thomas S. Lonnborg, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Inventors:
Randall J. Poirier, Howards Grove, WI (US);
John A. Tuchscherer, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Thomas S. Lonnborg, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Assignee:
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/32 (2006.01); B63H 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A marine drive having a lower gearcase with a vertical drive shaft driving a horizontal propeller shaft in a torpedo housing has a vent plug setting the level of lubricant in the lower gearcase to be substantially at the top of the torpedo housing.