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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Toshiaki Ikeya, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
Mitsuhiko Ohta, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
Naoki Kawasaki, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An air intake device for a vertically oriented multi-cylinder outboard boat engine having an engine block, a crankcase, and vertically spaced fuel intake ports. The air intake device includes a surge tank rigidly attached to the crankcase and having a plurality of vertically spaced air intake union pipes extending from the surge tank, and an intake manifold cover rigidly attached to the engine block and having a plurality of vertically spaced air intake union pipes extending from the intake manifold cover. A flexible air intake hose is connected between the air intake union pipes extending from the surge tank and the air intake pipes extending from the intake manifold cover.