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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 2/110 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 2/110 ;
Abstract
An outboard engine assembly having a V-type multi-cylinder engine. A breather chamber is formed in a cam chamber of one row of a V-bank, and an oil separating chamber is formed in a cam chamber of the other row, with the cam chambers of two rows effectively utilized. Both the breather chamber and the oil separating chamber communicate with a crank chamber, with the breather chamber connected to an upstream side of a throttle valve unit. The oil separating chamber is connected to a downstream side of the throttle valve unit via a passage having a PCV valve.