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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
Masanori Tsubouchi, Wako, JP;
Akifumi Fujima, Wako, JP;
Kei Inoue, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An outboard motor S has an exhaust manifold passagefor carrying exhaust gas from combustion chambers. The exhaust manifold passageis formed in a part of a cylinder headin an exhaust-side part of an internal combustion engine E on the side of the cylinder headwith respect to a joint surface P of a cylinder blockjoined to the cylinder head. An exhaust passageis formed in the cylinder blockand connected to the exhaust gas outletof the exhaust manifold passagein the joint surface P. An electrical equipment boxholding electrical equipment is placed in the exhaust-side part so as to overlap the exhaust passagewhen viewed in vertical direction. An electrical equipment boxis disposed adjacent to the cylinder headwith respect to the direction parallel to the axes of cylinders. It is thus possible to increase freedom of arranging parts at positions farther from the cylinder head than the electrical equipment box and freedom of determining the sizes of those parts.