Amir Abou Zeid

US Patent:

8133087, Mar 13, 2012

Filed:

Feb 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/701980

Inventors:

Amir Abou Zeid - Waupun WI, US
Charles H. Eichinger - Oshkosh WI, US

Assignee:

Brunswick Corporation - Lake Forest IL

International Classification:

B63H 21/14
F01P 3/20
F02B 61/04
B63H 21/10
B63H 21/38
B63H 20/00
F02B 75/20

US Classification:

440 88C, 440 88 R, 440 88 L

Abstract:

An outboard motor cooling water distribution system directs water from the water jacket of an engine through a container in which a conduit has a first inlet opening that is configured to cause a water stream to entrain debris from a region near a drain opening of the container and prevent the debris from building up in the vicinity of the drain opening. Debris which is heavier than the water is drawn upwardly through the first inlet opening of the conduit and conducted away from the container. Debris which is lighter than water is entrained in a second water flow and conducted through a second inlet opening of the conduit so that it can be drawn into the conduit and conducted away from the container. The creation of the first water flow maintains the area around the drain opening in a clean condition as a result of the velocity and direction of the water flow caused by the position and size of the first inlet opening of the conduit. The primary function of the present invention is to prevent a buildup of debris in the area around the drain opening and the potential blockage of the drain opening that could result from that type of buildup.

US Patent:

7832380, Nov 16, 2010

Filed:

Jan 28, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/361112

Inventors:

Amir Abou Zeid - Waupun WI, US
Timothy S. Reid - Fond du Lac WI, US
Troy J. Kollmann - Mt. Calvary WI, US
Michael A. Torgerud - Mt. Calvary WI, US
Brian L. Merten - St. Cloud WI, US

Assignee:

Brunswick Corporation - Lake Forest IL

International Classification:

F02M 33/04
F02M 33/02

US Classification:

123519

Abstract:

A marine engine fuel system provides a low pressure lift pump to draw fuel from a fuel tank and cause the fuel to flow into a reservoir and a high pressure fuel pump which draws fuel from the reservoir and provides it to a fuel rail. An inlet conduit of the high pressure fuel pump is provided with a primary and a secondary opening. The secondary opening can be an orifice formed through a wall of the inlet conduit. The secondary opening is positioned, relative to the primary opening, at a location which assists in controlling the fuel level within the reservoir and the quantity of gaseous fuel contained within an ullage above the liquid pool of fuel.