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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 10, 2002
Tetsu Wada, Wako, JP;
Tomonori Ikuma, Wako, JP;
Jun Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumihiko Sugiura, Kawasaki, JP;
Other;
Abstract
To improve a freedom of layout within a narrow cowling of the outboard engine, achieve a reduction of manufacturing cost and an improvement of a maintenance performance of a filter member, a fuel supply apparatus in an outboard engine is structured such that fuel within a fuel tank is supplied into a vapor separator (V) via a low pressure fuel pump, the fuel stored within the vapor separator (V) is pressurized by a high pressure fuel pump (P) and is supplied to a fuel injection valve via a filter, a pump case ( ) receiving the high pressure fuel pump (P) is arranged in a side portion of the vapor separator ( ), an upper opening thereof is fixed by a cover member ( ), a fuel discharge passage ( ) connected to a pump discharge passage (PB) of the high pressure fuel pump (P) and a filter receiving recess portion ( ) connected to the fuel discharge passage ( ) are formed in the cover member ( ), and a filter member ( ) is detachably arranged in the filter receiving recess portion ( ).