Protective cowling for outboard motor
AssigneeSanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHitoshi Ishida, Kazuhiro Okuzawa, Kenji Kawamukai, Takaji Kawai, Akinori Yamamoto
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Abstract
A protective cowling arrangement for an outboard motor that provides an atmospheric air inlet having a pair of openings disposed above the engine for permitting atmospheric air to flow into the protective cowling for engine combustion. One of these openings is disposed in part above components of the engine which should not be contacted by water and this opening is substantially smaller than the other opening. An engine cover is also affixed to the engine and obscures the smaller opening to afford further water protection.
Claims10
A protective cowling for the power head of an outboard motor having an internal combustion engine and comprising a main cowling member covering and substantially enclosing said engine, a pair of air inlet openings formed in said main cowling member and lying on opposite sides of a longitudinally extending center line and above at least in part said engine for admitting atmospheric air to said protective cowling for engine operation, a cover member substantially smaller in top plan view than said main cowling member and affixed to said main cowling member and overlying said openings and defining at least in part an atmospheric air inlet to a chamber formed by said cover member and said main cowling member around said openings, one of said openings being disposed at least in part above components of said engine which should be protected from water damage and said one opening being substantially smaller than the other of said openings.
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