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US 2004/0103884 A1Published application
Outboard motor
AssigneeSuzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki Maejima
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Abstract
An outboard motor comprises an engine disposed inside an outer cover, an intake unit provided for the engine and including a throttle body disposed in a vicinity of a crankcase of the engine and an intake manifold disposed on a side of the engine so as to extend from the throttle body, the intake manifold having a plurality of intake pipes extending towards intake ports formed in a cylinder head of the engine, and a fuel injectors disposed in substantially intermediate portions of the respective intake pipes.
Claims9
An outboard motor comprising:
- an outer cover;
- an engine disposed inside the outer cover and comprising a crankcase, a cylinder block and a cylinder head, which are operatively connected to each other in a horizontal direction in the outer cover;
- an intake unit provided for the engine and including a throttle body disposed in a vicinity of the crankcase, and an intake manifold disposed on a side of the engine so as to extend from the throttle body, said intake manifold having a plurality of intake pipes extending towards intake ports formed in the cylinder head to be connected thereto;
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- a fuel injector unit disposed in substantially an intermediate portion of the intake manifold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.