Patent ID: 6213829
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: F02B

Abstract:
An outboard motor comprised of a power head consisting of a multi-cylinder, four cycle internal combustion engine having at least one overhead mounted cam shaft for operating valves thereof and a surrounding protective cowling and a driveshaft housing and lower unit containing a propulsion device within said lower unit depending from said power head, said engine being mounted within said protective cowling so that its crankshaft rotates about a vertically extending axis, said crankshaft being coupled to a drive shaft that depends into said driveshaft housing and lower unit for driving said propulsion device, a flywheel affixed to an end of said crankshaft in spaced relation to a body of said engine in which said crankshaft is journalled, a first accessory drive affixed to said crankshaft at a point between said flywheel and an adjacent portion of said engine body for driving at least one engine accessory, said at least one engine accessory being mounted at an upper end of said engine and at least in part within the outer peripheral surface of said flywheel in top plan view, and a second accessory drive driven directly from said crankshaft at a point disposed adjacent said first accessory drive and between said flywheel and said engine body for driving said camshaft.