Patent ID: 9611022
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B63H,F02B,F02M

Claim:
1. An air intake structure for an outboard motor, the air intake structure comprising: an air intake port formed in an engine cover covering upper portion of the outboard motor for taking in and providing air for delivery to a throttle body in order for the air to be drawn into the throttle body; a first air intake port provided on a front side of the engine cover and configured to open forward in an advancing direction of the outboard motor; a lid member configured to open and close the first air intake port; a second air intake port provided on a rear side of the engine cover and configured to open rearward in the advancing direction of the outboard motor; an open/close member configured to change an open/close state of the second air intake port; and a separator that performs gas/liquid separation and is provided in a space which communicates the first air intake port and the second air intake port with the throttle body, wherein the space is provided so as to be isolated from an engine room, the separator includes a flat-plate portion configured to cover an upper portion of an air inlet of the throttle body and a skirt portion formed by extending a front end portion of the flat-plate portion downward, and the second air intake port is formed in the rear side of the engine cover on an upper side of the flat-plate portion of the separator and on a rear side of the front end portion of the flat-plate portion such that air taken in through the second air intake port enters an upper space of the separator.