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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2007
Makoto Yazaki, Wako, JP;
Kunihiro Kitsu, Wako, JP;
Toru Kimura, Wako, JP;
Masanori Tsubouchi, Wako, JP;
Makoto Yazaki, Wako, JP;
Kunihiro Kitsu, Wako, JP;
Toru Kimura, Wako, JP;
Masanori Tsubouchi, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an outboard engine unit, a cover assembly, defining a lower half section of an engine room, is composed of left and right cover members each formed of resin, and a bracket is fixed to a rear portion of the engine or engine support structure. The left and right cover members are fixed at their respective rear portions to the bracket. Centerline of an engine cylinder is offset from a centerline of the engine room toward one of left and right sides of the unit, and an ignition plug is provided on the other side opposite from the one side toward which the engine cylinder centerline is offset.