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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1997
Naoki Kawasaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Masayuki Nishimura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A cooling apparatus for an outboard motor which is provided with a water-cooled engine in a vertical alignment in which a crank shaft is vertically disposed, the engine being composed of a cylinder block, a cylinder head and an exhaust manifold into which water jackets are formed respectively and the water jackets are supplied with cooling water from a water pump disposed below the engine in a state mounted to a hull, the cooling apparatus comprising a cylinder cooling-water passage for supplying cooling water from the water pump to the water jackets of the cylinder block and said cylinder head, an exhaust cooling-water passage for supplying cooling water from the water pump to the water jacket of the exhaust manifold, the cylinder cooling-water passage and the exhaust cooling-water passage being independently disposed from each other and being joined together at downstream portions thereof, a thermostat provided for the water jacket of the cylinder block and a sensor for detecting a temperature of a cylinder surface provided for the water jacket of the cylinder block at a portion between the water jacket thereof and the thermostat.