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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
May. 30, 2000
Takeshi Toyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Satoshi Isobe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
An outboard motor generally includes an engine holder, an engine disposed above the engine holder in a state of the outboard motor being mounted to a hull, an oil pan disposed below the engine holder, and a drive shaft housing disposed below the oil pan. Exhaust passages are formed in the engine holder and the oil pan and adapted to exhaust an exhaust gas from the engine into the drive shaft housing, one exhaust passage formed to the oil pan has a downstream side end opening, and an exhaust tube is provided for a bottom surface portion of the oil pan so as to align with the downstream side end opening of the one exhaust passage. The exhaust tube having a downstream side outlet positioned, in a plan view, at a substantially central portion of the drive shaft housing.