Outboard engine unit
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsMakoto Yazaki, Kunihiro Kitsu, Toru Kimura, Masanori Tsubouchi
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Abstract
In an outboard engine unit, a cover assembly, defining a lower half section of an engine room, is composed of left and right cover members each formed of resin, and a bracket is fixed to a rear portion of the engine or engine support structure. The left and right cover members are fixed at their respective rear portions to the bracket. Centerline of an engine cylinder is offset from a centerline of the engine room toward one of left and right sides of the unit, and an ignition plug is provided on the other side opposite from the one side toward which the engine cylinder centerline is offset.
Claims11
An outboard engine unit comprising:
- a cover assembly defining a lower half of an engine room having an engine accommodated therein, said cover assembly comprising left and right cover members each formed of resin;
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- a bracket fixed to a rear portion of the engine or engine support structure, said left and right cover members being fixedly attached at respective rear portions thereof to said bracket, wherein said bracket has grooves formed in opposite side edges thereof, for engaging predetermined joining edges of said left and right cover members.
An outboard engine unit comprising:
- a cover assembly defining a lower half of an engine room having an engine accommodated therein, said cover assembly comprising left and right cover members each formed of resin;
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- a bracket fixed to a rear portion of the engine or engine support structure, said bracket having an auxiliary exhaust port provided therein for discharging a portion of exhaust of the engine to outside of the engine room,
- wherein said left and right cover members are connected at respective rear portions thereof to said bracket.
An outboard engine unit comprising:
- a cover assembly defining a lower half of an engine room having an engine accommodated therein, said cover assembly comprising left and right cover members each formed of resin;
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- a bracket fixed to a rear portion of the engine or engine support structure, said bracket having a water pilot hole provided therein for discharging a portion of cooling water of the engine to outside of the engine room
- wherein said left and right cover members are connected at respective rear portions thereof to said bracket.
An outboard engine unit comprising:
- an engine room having an engine accommodated therein, a centerline of an engine cylinder being offset from a centerline of said engine room toward one of left and right sides of said outboard engine unit;
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- an ignition plug provided on other of the left and right sides, opposite from the one side toward which the centerline of the engine cylinder is offset,
- wherein said engine room is defined by a lower cover and an engine cover joined to said lower cover from above, and said lower cover has a recessed section formed in a portion thereof coinciding with a pulled-out direction of said ignition plug, said recessed section being openable/closeable by a lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.