Cowling structure for outboard motor
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyuki Hasegawa, Kohei Nomura
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Abstract
In cowling structure for an outboard motor, a through hole is formed below an upper-cowling joining surface of a lower cowling; control cables are supported with a cable supporting groove of a back side plate, and the back side plate is fixed to the through hole; a sealing member that is covered on the outside of the control cables, is fitted into the through hole; a groove of a front side plate is placed around the control cables, and the front side plate is set onto the sealing member; and the sealing member is fixed to the lower cowling by a bolt together with the front side plate. The cowling structure for an outboard motor can prevent water intrusion by removing a notch on an upper-cowling joining surface of a lower cowling.
Claims8
A cowling structure for an outboard motor, the cowling structure comprising:
- a lower cowling including a through hole through which an outside cable is connected to an interior of a cowling, the lower cowling including an upper joining surface;
- an upper cowling including a lower joining surface that abuts the upper joining surface of the lower cowling to have a liquid tight property therebetween, the upper cowling located above the lower cowling;
- a sealing member having a generally same outer shape as the through hole to hold the cable, a first plate that covers the sealing member, and a fastening member in the first plate to press and fix the sealing member to the through hole;
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- a second plate that supports the cable in the through hole in a cowling interior surface of the sealing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.