Patent ID: 11884374
Assignee: BRUNSWICK CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. An outboard motor comprising:
a top cowl,
a service lid on the top cowl,
a powerhead compartment defined within the top cowl, wherein the service lid is movable into and between a closed position enclosing the powerhead compartment and an open position providing access to the powerhead compartment from above the outboard motor, and
a serviceable gearcase fluid device being accessible from above the outboard motor when the service lid is in the open position for addition and removal of gearcase fluid to and from a gearcase of the outboard motor,
wherein the serviceable gearcase fluid device comprises a fill conduit and a vent conduit, and wherein the fill conduit and the vent conduit are configured such that filling gearcase fluid to the gearcase via the fill conduit fills the gearcase to a level that can be visually determined based on gearcase fluid in the vent conduit.