Marine motor assembly and cover for a marine motor assembly
AssigneeBRP US Inc.
InventorsDillon Savage, Dale A. Wiegele, Samuel Mcginley, Matthew Coyne
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Abstract
A marine motor assembly for a watercraft and a cover for a marine motor assembly. The assembly includes a housing; a motor disposed in the housing; and a propulsion device operatively connected to the motor. The housing includes a housing portion, and a cover selectively connected to the housing portion. The cover includes a cover body connectable to the housing portion, the cover body covering at least a portion of the motor; a noise dampening material layer disposed on an exterior side of the cover body; and a surface structure connected to the cover body, the noise dampening material layer being enclosed between the cover body and the surface structure.
Claims20
A marine motor assembly for a watercraft, the marine motor assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor disposed in the housing;
- and
- a propulsion device operatively connected to the motor,
- the housing comprising:
- a housing portion, and
- a cover selectively connected to the housing portion, the cover comprising:
- a cover body connectable to the housing portion, the cover body covering at least a portion of the motor,
- the housing portion and the cover body defining a volume enclosing the motor;
- a noise dampening material layer disposed on an exterior side of the cover body and exterior to the volume;
- and
- a surface structure connected to the cover body, the noise dampening material layer being enclosed between the cover body and the surface structure.
A cover for a marine motor assembly, the cover being connectable to a housing portion for forming a housing of the marine motor assembly, the cover comprising:
- a cover body connectable to the housing portion,
- when the cover body is connected to the housing portion:
- the cover body and the housing portion forming a volume to receive a motor therein, and
- the cover body covering at least a majority of powerpack components of the marine motor assembly;
- a noise dampening material layer disposed on an exterior side of the cover body and exterior to the volume;
- and
- a surface structure connected to the cover body, the noise dampening material layer being enclosed between the cover body and the surface structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.