Patent ID: 6500036
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: F02B

Abstract:
An outboard motor comprising a drive unit including an internal combustion engine, a bracket assembly adapted to be mounted on an associated watercraft to support the drive unit for pivotal movement about a generally horizontally extending tilt axis, and a hydraulic tilt system arranged to tilt the drive unit, the tilt system including a hydraulic pump, an electric motor actuating the hydraulic pump, a relay unit selectively supplying electric power to the electric motor based upon a control signal, the relay unit being disposed generally between the engine and the bracket assembly, a protective cowling surrounding both the engine and the relay unit, and a cover member extending over at least a portion of the engine and the relay unit, the engine including a fuse container furnished on the engine and arranged to contain at least one fuse, and a fuse puller with which the fuse can be replaced being detachably affixed to the cover member.