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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2000
Masashi Takayanagi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Suzuki Motor Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
The present invention seeks to provide a four-cycle outboard motor that has a simple construction and a compact design. According to the present invention, the outboard motor having a crankshaft disposed substantially vertically within the engine , wherein the rotation of this crankshaft is transmitted to a valve camshafts via a looped member disposed at the bottom of the engine , comprises an oil pump disposed at a position other than the shaft center position of the crankshaft or the camshafts at the bottom of the engine , wherein either this oil pump or a tension adjuster of the looped member is disposed to the inside of the looped member in plan view while the other is disposed outside of the looped member in plan view.