Carl E Stone

US Patent:

20030114053, Jun 19, 2003

Filed:

Dec 14, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/683333

Inventors:

Douglas Hahn - Virginia Beach VA, US
Mark Skrzypek - Chesapeake VA, US
Joseph Zablocki - Brandenton FL, US
Eric Von Hoene - Norfolk VA, US
Robert Galway - Virginia Beach VA, US
Carl Stone - Portsmouth VA, US
Cedric Savineau - Virginia Beach VA, US

International Classification:

B63H021/10

US Classification:

440/08800N

Abstract:

System and method for protecting a cooling system of a liquid-cooled engine using a protective material. This system enables a boat operator to flush the cooling system using salt, brackish or fresh water. In one embodiment, the system includes a reservoir, a dispenser and a connection device. The reservoir is capable of containing a protective material that can include, among others properties, anticorrosive properties. The dispenser controls release of the protective material from the reservoir and can be controlled manually or through a control unit. The system is coupled with the cooling system downstream from raw water intake ports and upstream from a terminal end of the cooling system as the cooling system terminates at the exhaust port. The protective fluid can be dispensed using gravity feed or a pump.

US Patent:

20130115834, May 9, 2013

Filed:

Nov 4, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/289001

Inventors:

Carl Stone - Virginia Beach VA, US
William Gremminger - Virginia Beach VA, US
Emil Hasl - Virginia Beach VA, US

International Classification:

F16J 15/52

US Classification:

440112

Abstract:

A bellows for protecting a U-joint in a marine stern drive includes a flexible, hollow body defining an interior space and open at opposite ends, the body formed of a thermoplastic elastomer material to be self-supporting, having a first mating end and a second mating end and being pleated therebetween, a first sealing cuff formed of an elastomeric material, softer than the thermoplastic elastomer material, bonded to the first mating end and, a second sealing cuff formed of an elastomeric material, softer than the thermoplastic elastomer material, bonded to the second mating end.

US Patent:

20150072578, Mar 12, 2015

Filed:

Sep 12, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/466100

Inventors:

Carl Stone - Virginia Beach VA, US
William Gremminger - Virginia Beach VA, US
Emil Hasl - Virginia Beach VA, US

Assignee:

AB VOLVO PENTA - GOTHENBURG

International Classification:

B63H 21/36
B63H 21/30
B63H 7/00

US Classification:

440112

Abstract:

A bellows for protecting a U-joint in a marine stern drive includes a flexible, hollow body defining an interior space and open at opposite ends, the body formed of a thermoplastic elastomer material to be self-supporting, having a first mating end and a second mating end and being pleated therebetween, a first sealing cuff formed of an elastomeric material, softer than the thermoplastic elastomer material, bonded to the first mating end and, a second sealing cuff formed of an elastomeric material, softer than the thermoplastic elastomer material, bonded to the second mating end.