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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Naoki Kawasaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
The present invention disposes a fuel pump and a fuel filter in an efficient layout for compact construction of the components around the engine, while improving the convenience of a fuel hose piping that connects between the fuel pump and the fuel filter, in an outboard motor equipped with a four-cycle engine. An embodiment of the present invention provides an outboard motor having a four-cycle engine installed therein in the longitudinal direction with a crank shaft thereof disposed vertically, a fuel pump,is mounted on one side face of a cylinder head,of the engine,, and a fuel filter,is mounted on the opposite side face. Fuel hose joints,and,of the fuel pump,and of the fuel filter,are installed in a direction toward the head cover,side of the engine