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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Yoshihito Fukuoka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hirotoshi Yamauchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshihito Fukuoka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hirotoshi Yamauchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An outboard motor has a cowling structure that includes a top cowl and a bottom cowl. The top cowl has a hook mounting member which is bonded to an inner side of the top cowl. The hook mounting member has a top cowl hook configured to engage a bottom cowl hook mounted to the bottom cowl. The hook mounting member is formed by pressing a nonferrous metal plate. A hook fixing part of the housing mounting member is coupled to the top cowl hook and is formed by the way of drawing in the pressing process.