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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:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2005
Applicant:
Kentaro Kameoka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Kentaro Kameoka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An outboard motorhas a cowlingof a two-piece structure including a top cowland a bottom cowl. Mating portions of the top and bottom cowls include a watertight seal. A first, horizontally-directed sealing portion is not visible from outside the cowling. A second, vertically-directed sealing portion is positioned inwardly from the first sealing portion. In some embodiments, an elongate rib depends from the top cowl generally into the bottom cowl. In other embodiments, the second sealing portion is positioned generally above the first sealing portion.