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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2014
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Trevor George, Eldorado, WI (US);
George D. Idzikowski, Lomira, WI (US);
Gregg D. Langenfeld, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Mark A. Kollock, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Douglas D. Reichardt, West Bend, WI (US);
Charles H. Eichinger, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Mark J. Glodowski, De Pere, WI (US);
Christopher J. Taylor, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
An outboard marine propulsion device comprises an internal combustion engine having a cylinder head and a cylinder block and an exhaust manifold that discharges exhaust gases from the engine towards a vertically elongated exhaust tube. The exhaust manifold has a plurality of inlet runners that receive the exhaust gases from the engine, and a vertically extending collecting passage that conveys the exhaust gases from the plurality of inlet runners upwardly to a bend that redirects the exhaust gases downwardly towards the exhaust tube. A cooling water jacket is on the exhaust manifold and conveys cooling water alongside the exhaust manifold. A catalyst housing is coupled to the exhaust manifold and a cooling water jacket is on the catalyst housing and carries cooling water alongside the catalyst housing. A catalyst is disposed in the catalyst housing.