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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
May. 23, 2008
Gear housing for an aquatic vessel, breakaway safety system for an aquatic vessel and aquatic vessel
Lars Sjöblom, Västra Frölunda, SE;
Mathias Aström, Göteborg, SE;
Lennart Sellman, Onsala, SE;
Mikael Asberg, Askim, SE;
Lars Sjöblom, Västra Frölunda, SE;
Mathias Aström, Göteborg, SE;
Lennart Sellman, Onsala, SE;
Mikael Asberg, Askim, SE;
AB Volvo Penta, Göteborg, SE;
Abstract
A gear housing for an aquatic vessel is adapted to be attached at an attachment site to an underside of a hull of the aquatic vessel. The gear housing includes at least one weakened region adapted to yield when the gear housing is rotated at the attachment site following an impact. A breakaway safety system includes such a gear housing, and a fracturable member for attaching the gear housing to the hull at the attachment site, wherein the weakened region is adapted to yield such that the fracturable member fractures. An aquatic vessel includes such a gear housing or such a breakaway safety system.