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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
May. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Hideto Arai, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yu Ito, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Hideto Arai, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yu Ito, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Yamaha marine Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An outboard motor has a cowling enclosing the engine. A sidewall of the cowling has an air introduction opening for introducing ambient air to an air introduction chamber within the cowling. A protruded suction opening of an air duct in the air introduction opening has a flange extending generally toward the air introduction opening so as to deflect water from the opening.