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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Oishi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Norihito Mizusawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 88 ; 1231 / ;
Abstract
A number of embodiments of outboard motors incorporating liquid storage tanks within the protective cowling and wherein the cowling includes a removable cowling portion that cooperates with the fill neck for closing the fill neck when the removable cowling portion is in place. In some embodiments, the fill neck is accessible by a pivoted closure member which seals the fill neck and which defines an air inlet opening to the cowling. In other embodiments, the tank has a bellows-type expandable fill neck that pops up when the fill neck is accessed.