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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jun Itoh, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Suzuki Motor Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 7/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an engine holder structure for a four-cycle outboard motor such that rigidity of an assembled engine can be increased with a simple structure. In accordance with the present invention, the shaft center of a drive shaft is disposed offset from the shaft center of a crankshaft with an outboard motor where an engine mainly composed of a crankcase a cylinder block and a cylinder head is mounted on an upper portion of an engine holder a lower portion of which an oil pan is fixed to; a crankshaft is disposed substantially vertically inside the engine and the rotation of this crankshaft is transmitted to a propulsion device via a drive shaft