Engine, outboard motor, and watercraft

Abstract

An engine includes: a crankshaft disposed vertically; a piston that is connected to the crankshaft via a connecting rod and reciprocates in a cylinder; a cylinder head forming a combustion chamber of the cylinder at an end face of a movable portion of the piston; an intake valve and an exhaust valve disposed at the cylinder head, the intake valve being configured to take in fuel-air mixture, which is a mixture of fuel and air, the exhaust valve being configured to exhaust the fuel-air mixture; a low-rotation rocker arm (rocker arm) that drives the intake valve and the exhaust valve by rotation of a cam shaft; and a rocker shaft that supports the low-rotation rocker arm such that the low-rotation rocker arm is swingable, and an oil holding portion extending in an axial direction of the rocker shaft is provided between the rocker shaft and the low-rotation rocker arm.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.