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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2011
Thomas S. Lonnborg, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Randall J. Poirier, Howards Grove, WI (US);
Neil A. Rothe, Campbellsport, WI (US);
Thomas S. Lonnborg, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Randall J. Poirier, Howards Grove, WI (US);
Neil A. Rothe, Campbellsport, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A marine drive comprises a gear case housing a vertical driveshaft that rotates a generally horizontal propulsor shaft in a forward direction upon operational engagement with a forwardly rotatable gear and a rearward direction upon operational engagement with a rearwardly rotatable gear. A lubricant exclusion cover is disposed between the forwardly and rearwardly rotatable gears so as to limit churning of lubricant by at least one of the forwardly and rearwardly rotatable gears.