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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2015
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Gregg D. Langenfeld, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
David J. Hilbert, Black Creek, WI (US);
Ryan E. Mueller, Ripon, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
An outboard marine propulsion device comprises an internal combustion engine. At least one engine cooling passage conveys cooling water through the internal combustion engine. An exhaust manifold comprises a plurality of exhaust runners and an exhaust log. The plurality of exhaust runners axially conveys exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine to the exhaust log. A cooling jacket on the exhaust manifold comprises an exhaust log cooling jacket that conveys the cooling water along an outer surface of the exhaust log and a plurality of exhaust runner cooling passages that each axially convey the cooling water along an outer surface of a respective one of the plurality of exhaust runners from the exhaust log cooling jacket to the engine cooling passage.