Thomas A Busse

US Patent:

44391633, Mar 27, 1984

Filed:

Oct 1, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/192917

Inventors:

Dennis N. Burmeister - Libertyville IL
Thomas A. Busse - Bristol WI
Wesley C. Jones - Antioch IL

Assignee:

Outboard Marine Corporation - Waukegan IL

International Classification:

F02N 1700

US Classification:

440 86

Abstract:

Disclosed herein is an outboard motor comprising a steerable and tiltable propulsion unit including an engine, a speed control mechanism movable from an idle speed setting to range of advanced speed settings, a starting mechanism operable to start the engine, a transmission shiftable between a neutral position and a drive position, and a mechanism connected to the transmission for preventing starting of the engine when the transmission is absent from the neutral position, and for preventing shifting of the transmission to the neutral position when the speed control mechanism is at a setting advanced from the idle setting, and for releasably holding the transmission in the neutral position, and for biasing the transmission from the neutral position and toward the drive position upon release of the transmission from the neutral position.

US Patent:

54101107, Apr 25, 1995

Filed:

Sep 8, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/118155

Inventors:

Steven D. Burmeister - Grayslake IL
Thomas A. Busse - Kenosha WI
Kathleen A. Hansen - Lake Bluff IL

Assignee:

Outboard Marine Corporation - Waukegan IL

International Classification:

F02M 3500

US Classification:

181229

Abstract:

Disclosed herein is an air silencer mounting arrangement comprising a carburetor having an air induction passage including an air inlet portion, an air silencer having a wall extending transversely in adjacently spaced relation to the induction passage and including an outlet port in co-axial relation with the air induction passage, a sleeve having an inner end portion received in the inlet portion of the carburetor in telescopic engagement therewith, and an outer end portion, and a ring shaped elastomeric member sealingly engaging the outer end portion of the sleeve and the wall of the air silencer to sealingly and removably connect the air silencer to the carburetor.