Patent ID: 7040272
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: F02D,F02M

Abstract:
1. A multiple electronic control throttle body for an outboard engine in which a plurality of intake passages provided in a horizontal direction are arranged in a vertical direction, a throttle valve shaft constituted by one shaft is arranged so as to penetrate each of the intake passages in a vertical direction, and each of the intake passages is opened and closed by each of throttle valves attached to the throttle valve shaft, wherein a motor receiving chamber receiving a motor for operating the throttle valve shaft is formed in an upper end portion of the throttle body and one side of the throttle valve shaft, and a gear receiving chamber receiving a final gear attached to an upper end of the throttle valve shaft is provided in an upper end portion of the throttle body, wherein a vapor separator, in which a fuel pump is received and a fixed liquid level is formed in an inner portion by a fixed liquid level control apparatus, is arranged in the throttle body in one side of the throttle valve shaft and below the motor receiving chamber, and wherein a pinion gear attached to an output shaft of said motor is engaged with the final gear via an intermediate gear, and a longitudinal axis of the output shaft of the motor and a longitudinal axis of the fuel pump are arranged along a longitudinal axis of the throttle valve shaft.