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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2000
Naoki Kawasaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
An engine of an outboard motor is covered by an outer casing and comprises a plurality of cylinders arranged vertically, a cylinder head to which the cylinders are mounted and in which a valve moving mechanism comprising a cam shaft is housed, a cylinder block, a crank case joined to the cylinder block, a crank shaft disposed vertically at the joining portion between the crank case and the cylinder block, a fuel pump including a plunger and sucking the fuel from a fuel tank through a reciprocal motion of the plunger, a plurality of bearing bosses each disposed between adjacent cylinders, the bearing bosses supporting the cam shaft, a pump driving cam mounted on the cam shaft and adapted to drive the fuel pump, and a driving mechanism disposed between the adjacent cylinders, supported by the bearing bosses and adapted to transfer a rotational motion of the pump driving cam to the plunger to carry out the reciprocal motion thereof.