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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 88 ; 1231 / ;
Abstract
Several embodiments of V-type outboard motors having direct cylinder injection using electronic fuel injectors driven by a solenoid driver. The solenoid driver is mounted in the otherwise void area between the cylinder banks of the engine. The solenoid driver is also cooled so as to provide long life and good operation. The cooling can be either by air or water or both. Mounting the solenoid driver in the valley between the cylinder banks also permits shortening of the conduits from the solenoid driver to the solenoids of the injector valves for their operation.