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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177593 | Outboard motor An outboard motor includes an engine, an exhaust passage, an idle exhaust passage, a contraction portion and an expansion chamber, a bypass passage, and a check valve. The bypass passage includes an upstream end connected to the idle exhaust passage at a downstream ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7427222 | Reversion control device for watercraft exhaust system The present invention is a reversion control device including a housing for a stationary vane and a flapper. In one example, the housing includes an expansion chamber to house the stationary vane and the flapper. ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7390232 | Exhaust system for a marine engine An exhaust system for a marine propulsion system includes first through fifth exhaust conduit members, including a pair of serially connected marine exhaust elbows laterally spanning the engine. ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387555 | Apparatus and method for boat engine exhaust injection system An apparatus and method for injecting a boat engine's exhaust gasses into the boat propeller's propwash, aft of the propeller. The apparatus comprises piping which injects the boat engine's exhaust gasses into the propwash of the boat, aft of the propeller. This res... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7182659 | Exhaust device of boat An open/close valve can decrease the exhaust resistance as much as possible in a usual operation. An open/close valve includes a valve casing and a valve element that is housed in the valve casing in a vertically movable manner. The valve casing includes a cylindric... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7065961 | Exhaust system with an integral moisture trap A moisture trap is formed as an integral part of the wall of an exhaust conduit. Tapered surfaces can be provided to direct condensate downwardly and into a reservoir of the moisture trap where the moisture is retained until the temperature of the exhaust system rea... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7029347 | Water preclusion device for marine engine A water preclusion device for a watercraft with an internal combustion engine for inhibiting the intrusion of water upstream into an exhaust system. The water preclusion device includes a valve controlled by exhaust gas pressure. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6921307 | Exhaust system for outboard motor An outboard motor includes a housing unit mounted on an associated watercraft. An engine is disposed above the housing unit. The engine defines a first exhaust passage communicating with a combustion chamber of the engine. The housing unit defines a second exhaust p... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6802750 | Exhaust system for watercraft The invention relates to an exhaust system for watercraft, having an exhaust pipe which leads from an engine system to an exhaust gas outlet, wherein a through-flow means for degrading the energy of seawater gushing through the exhaust gas outlet into said exhaust p... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6773317 | Method and system for preventing fluid from flowing along a fluid path in a watercraft An apparatus and method are provided for selectively preventing fluid from flowing through a fluid path when a vehicle is in a predetermined orientation. When an orientation sensor signals to a controller that the vehicle is inverted, the controller closes a valve t... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6739922 | Personal watercraft Disclosed is a personal watercraft capable of preventing an exhaust gas from contaminating a transom board in the vicinity of an exhaust outlet and of reducing an exhaust noise of the exhaust gas within a wide speed range. The personal watercraft having an engine di... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6638124 | Arrangement in a marine exhaust system Method and arrangement for a marine combustion engine exhaust system. The arrangement includes at least two substantially upstanding exhaust pipe arms that are coupled together in common closed fluid communication with a stem exhaust pipe. A pressure equa... | 10/28/2003 |
| 5881555 | Exhaust pressure pulsation control apparatus for marine propulsion system An improved exhaust pressure pulsation control apparatus for a marine propulsion system has a front ring, a reflector disk located downstream of the front ring, and a plurality of connecting members connecting the front ring to the reflector disk. Each co... | 03/16/1999 |
| 4845945 | Exhaust elbow trough A water jacketed exhaust elbow (10) for a marine propulsion system includes an intake exhaust passage (22) communicating with a discharge exhaust passage (26), a water jacket (27) around the exhaust passages, and a trough member (200) extending longitudin... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4023353 | Multi-flow marine jet-propulsion apparatus An outboard marine propulsion apparatus has a rotor unit axially displaceable between forward and reverse operating positions. In the forward position, concentric horizontal paths through the apparatus are provided for rearward discharge of the propulsive... | 05/17/1977 |
