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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Atsushi Yonezawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Jiro Saiga, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 1/15 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 1/15 ;
Abstract
In an outboard motor, a balancer shaft is arranged in a crank chamber substantially in parallel to a crank shaft disposed in an engine unit so as to extend perpendicularly in an operative state of an outboard motor and end portions of the balancer shaft are supported by bearings. The end portions of the crank shaft and the balancer shaft are covered and sealed by a seal member straddling over both the end portions thereof.