Patent ID: 6132273
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: F02B,F02M

Abstract:
An outboard motor comprising a power head including an internal combustion engine having a plurality of electrical components positioned on a first side between fore and aft ends of the engine, and a protective cowling including a main cowling member that covers and substantially encloses the engine, first and second air ducts standing generally upright above at least a portion of the main cowling member and communicating with an interior of the main cowling member to admit air into the cowling for engine operation, and a cover connected to the main cowling member and overlying the air ducts, the cover and the main cowling member together defining a chamber around the air ducts with an air inlet leading into the chamber, the first air duct having a smaller cross-sectional flow area and a shorter length in a fore-to-aft direction than the flow area and length of the second air duct, the first air duct lying near the first side of the engine.