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US 2023/0066941 A1Published application
Outboard motor
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKimitaka SARUWATARI
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Abstract
An outboard motor includes a drive shaft cover to cover a drive shaft extending downwardly from an engine, a lower unit turnable with respect to the drive shaft cover, and a harness. A lower housing of the lower unit houses a lower portion of the drive shaft and an electrical component. The harness is connected to the electrical component through an upper space provided in the drive shaft cover and through a lower space that communicates with the upper space from below in the lower housing.
Claims12
An outboard motor comprising:
- an engine;
- a drive shaft extending downwardly from the engine and rotatable by power of the engine;
- a drive shaft cover including an upper space extending along a circumferential direction around the drive shaft to cover an upper portion of the drive shaft;
- a lower unit including a propeller, a propeller shaft to rotate together with the propeller, a transmission to transmit rotation of the drive shaft to the propeller shaft, an electrical component, and a lower housing;
- and
- a harness connected to the electrical component;
- wherein
- the lower housing includes a lower space that communicates with the upper space from below and houses the propeller shaft, the transmission, a lower portion of the drive shaft, and the electrical component;
- the lower unit is joined to the drive shaft cover and rotatable with respect to the drive shaft cover along the circumferential direction around a steering axis coaxial with the drive shaft;
- and
- the harness extends through the upper space and the lower space and is connected to the electrical component in the lower housing.
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