Patent ID: 6390071
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
An outboard motor comprising a power head including a direct-injected internal combustion engine, and a cowling covering the engine, the engine having an output shaft and being mounted in the power head so that the output shaft rotates about a vertically extending axis, the engine including a plurality of cylinders each defining a longitudinal axis, and at least one fuel injector corresponding to each cylinder, a port provided on the cowling on a first side of the longitudinal axes, a relay box arranged on the first side and containing at least one electrical relay configured to selectively supply electrical current to at least one portion of the engine, at least one electrical conduit extending through the port and to the relay box, a high pressure fuel pump positioned on a second side of the longitudinal axes, opposite the first side, and a drive unit driven by the crankshaft and configured to drive the high pressure pump and arranged on the second side.