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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2017
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Wayne M. Jaszewski, Jackson, WI (US);
Andrew Tuchscherer, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Darin C. Uppgard, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Paul A. Ekis, Berlin, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for mounting an outboard motor propulsion unit to a marine vessel transom is disclosed. The propulsion unit's midsection has an upper end supporting an engine system and a lower end carrying a gear housing. The mounting system includes a support cradle having a head section coupled to a transom bracket, an upper structural support section extending aftward from the head section and along opposite port and starboard sides of the midsection, and a lower structural support section suspended from the upper structural support section and situated on the port and starboard sides of the midsection. A pair of upper mounts couples the upper structural support section to the midsection proximate the engine system. A pair of lower mounts couples the lower structural support section to the midsection proximate the gear housing. At least one of the upper and lower structural support sections comprises an extrusion or a casting.