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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Hamamatsu-Shi, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
Inventors:
Tetsushi Achiwa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Keisuke Daikoku, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/06 (2006.01); B63H 20/12 (2006.01); B63H 20/24 (2006.01); B63H 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/12 (2013.01); B63H 20/245 (2013.01); B63H 2020/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an outboard motor equipped with a V-type four-cycle engine provided with a left bank extending leftward and obliquely rearward and a right bank extending rightward and obliquely rearward, a drive shaft is perpendicularly disposed in the outboard motor body so as to transmit a driving force from the engine to a propeller disposed below the engine, and center positions of the left side exhaust passage and the right side exhaust passage are positioned forward than the drive shaft in a front-and-rear direction in an advancing direction of the outboard motor.