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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sakayuki Kimura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231821 ;
Abstract
An outboard motor embodying a four-cycle internal combustion engine having a decompression device for automatically reducing the compression ratio to assist in pull starting. The decompression device is mounted and operated through one end of the cam shaft and thus facilitates modification of engines so as to incorporate this feature or not incorporate the feature. The construction also facilitates lubrication of a centrifugal mechanism that actuates the decompression device.