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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenichi Fujii, Hamamatsu, JP;
Jiro Saiga, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 7/00 ; F01M 1/103 ; F01M 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 7/00 ; F01M 1/103 ; F01M 1/02 ;
Abstract
A lubricating apparatus for an engine of an outboard motor comprises an oil pan disposed in a lower portion of an engine in a mounted state thereof and provided with an oil accumulating tank, an oil strainer for straining an oil accumulated in the oil accumulating tank, an oil pump for supplying strained oil to an inside portion of the engine, the oil strainer and the oil pump being mounted to a structural member such as pump case disposed above the oil pan so as to be connected to each other, and an oil suction pipe extending from the oil strainer to a bottom portion of the oil accumulating tank.