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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2002
Tatsuya Kuroda, Wako, JP;
Masanori Tsubouchi, Wako, JP;
Haruo Tsusaka, Wako, JP;
Masaki Tsunoda, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An outboard engine comprises an engine having a crankshaft ( ) extending vertically, a flywheel provided on the crankshaft ( ) below the engine body, an oil pump ( ), and a flywheel chamber ( ) defined by a pump body ( ) of the oil pump ( ) united to coupling walls of the engine body to accommodate the flywheel ; and a mount case ( ) having a support wall for uniting the engine body. The engine body is united with its coupling walls ( ) to the support wall ( ) via an outer circumferential wall ( ) of the pump body ( ) such that the coupling walls ( ), outer circumferential wall ( ) and support wall ( ) overlap in the direction of a rotation axis of the crankshaft ( ). Such outboard engine permits a connecting portion between the engine body and the mount case, which are united together via the oil pump body, to be decreased in size and weight.