Patent ID: 6752114
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: F02B,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
A four-cycle engine for use in an outboard motor comprising a cylinder body defining at least one cylinder bore therethrough, a cylinder head assembly connected to the cylinder body, a piston disposed within the cylinder bore, the cylinder body, the cylinder head assembly, and the piston cooperating to define a combustion chamber, at least one intake passage formed in the cylinder head assembly, a crankshaft rotatably coupled to the piston, a fuel injector having a longitudinal axis and arranged to directly inject fuel into the combustion chamber, the fuel injector disposed between the intake passage and an imaginary line extending laterally from a junction between the cylinder body and the cylinder head assembly when viewed from a direction along an axis of the crankshaft, the axis of the fuel injector arranged to be substantially parallel to the intake passage defined by the cylinder head assembly, an induction system being connected to the intake passage and extending generally laterally from the cylinder head assembly and then along a side of the cylinder body at a distance from the cylinder body, and an auxiliary component disposed in a space formed between the induction system and the cylinder body.