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Cooling device for boat engine

US4991546A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 30, 1989
Grant dateFeb 12, 1991
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A number of embodiments of cooling systems for internal combustion engines powering marine watercraft wherein the engine cooling jacket delivers its coolant to an exhaust manifold cooling jacket adjacent the inlet end of the exhaust manifold and wherein coolant is delivered from the exhaust manifold cooling jacket to a further cooling jacket around the inlet portion of an exhaust elbow. In one embodiment, a closed cooling system is provided for the engine cooling jacket, exhaust manifold cooling jacket and the elbow cooling jacket. In another embodiment, the system discharges coolant back to the body of water in which the watercraft is operating through a further cooling jacket of the exhaust elbow that communicates with its discharge end.

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