Patent ID: 6062927
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: B63H,F02B,F02M

Abstract:
An outboard motor for use in propelling a watercraft, the motor having a cowling in which is positioned an internal combustion engine, said internal combustion engine comprising a V shaped cylinder block cooperating with first and second cylinder heads to define first and second cylinder banks, said cylinder banks forming a valley therebetween juxtaposed to a first end surface of said cowling, each of said cylinder banks including at least one combustion chamber, a crankcase located at an end of said block opposite said heads forming a crankcase chamber in which a crankshaft is journalled for rotation about a vertical axis, said crankcase being juxtaposed to a second end surface of said cowling, an exhaust system for routing the products of combustion from said at least one combustion chamber of each of said cylinder banks, an intake system for providing air to said at least one combustion chamber of each of said cylinder banks, said intake system including a single surge tank positioned between said cowling second end surface and said crankcase of said engine, at least one first intake pipe extending directly from said surge tank in a first direction along said cylinder block to said first cylinder head and at least one second intake pipe extending directly from said surge tank along said cylinder block to said second cylinder head.