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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
May. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaishi, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231 / ; 1231 / ; 1231 / ; 12318434 ;
Abstract
An upper intake pipe and a lower intake pipe interconnecting a left bank and a throttle body are disposed along a left side of a V-shaped multi-cylinder engine having a vertically placed crankshaft. The lower intake pipe is disposed by utilizing a waste space which is defined between a starter motor and an oil filter, while the oil filter is disposed by utilizing a waste space which is defined between the upper and lower intake pipes. Thus, it is possible to rationally dispose the intake pipes and other auxiliaries on a side of an engine block to reduce the size of the engine for the outboard engine system.