Patent Publication Number: US-11383810-B2

Title: Cooling device for power source for ship propulsion device

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims the benefit of Japanese Application No. 2020-093933, filed May 29, 2020, in the Japanese Patent Office. All disclosures of the document named above are incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a cooling device for a power source for a ship propulsion device. 
     Description of the Related Art 
     In recent years, contamination of water areas such as oceans, lakes, and rivers due to trash has been a serious environmental problem, and measures for collecting trash from water areas have been required. In general, it is more difficult to collect smaller trash. Particularly, it is difficult to capture fine microplastics (with sizes of 5 mm or less, for example), microplastics have large influences on aquatic life and large loads on the environment. Therefore, it has been desired to actively collect the microplastics. 
     Cooling devices of a water cooling type to cool engines and electric motors, which are power sources for ship propulsion devices, take water pumped up from underwater into cooling water passages, use the water as cooling water, and discharge the cooling water after cooling heat generating parts of the power sources to the outside. However, existing cooling devices are adapted just to return the cooling water pumped up once to the outside as it is, and a viewpoint (environmental measure) of purifying the pumped cooling water has been missed. 
     According to a cooling device for a power source for a ship propulsion device, a porous strainer or the like that serves as a trash removal means is provided at or near an inlet port through which cooling water is taken from the outside (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-184198, for example), such that large trash such as caps of PET bottles is prevented from entering a cooling water passage by the strainer. However, there is a high likelihood that fine foreign matters with sizes (of about 1 mm to 2 mm, for example) below the size of a strainer mesh are taken into the cooling water passage as they are without being removed, depending on the strainer. Therefore, opportunities for purification have been missed without capturing microplastics and the like that are difficult to be collected. 
     Also, there are examples in which a filter is provided in a cooling water passage as in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-63497, but an object of the filter is to remove relatively large foreign matters such as pebbles and algae, and the filter has functions similar to those of the strainer according to Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-184198. 
     As described above, there have been no viewpoints of actively carrying out environmental measures on cooling water that cooling devices for power sources for ship propulsion devices in the related art take from outside. With a configuration in which a strainer is provided at an inlet port as in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-184198, for example, fine objects that have passed through the strainer are not collected and return to water again even if passing of such fine objects is regulated by making the mesh of the strainer finer. 
     Even if environment contaminating materials in cooling water taken from the outside are captured and removed, sacrifice of power performance of the ship propulsion devices and addition of expensive and complicated devices lead to degradation of product values of the ship propulsion devices, and it is not possible to state that these are practical measures. 
     If clogging of a filter incorporated in a cooling water passage occurs in a cooling device as in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-63497, for example, a flow of the cooling water is disturbed, cooling performance deteriorates, and output degradation or overheating of a power source may occur. Also, there is a concern that if the filter is just assembled in the cooling water passage, the cooling device may require extensive disassembly and maintenance when clogging of the filter occurs. 
     In a case in which the ship propulsion device is an outboard motor, and if the outboard motor increases in size due to addition of a device for collecting environment contaminating materials from cooling water, there is a problem that multiple-machine arrangement in which a plurality of outboard motors are disposed in an aligned manner is limited. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention was made in view of such points, and provides a cooling device for a power source for a ship propulsion device capable of collecting environment contaminating materials such as microplastics that are present in water and efficiently removing the environment contaminating material with a simple configuration with no sacrifice of power performance. 
     According to the present invention, there is provided a cooling device for a power source for a ship propulsion device including: a cooling water route that supplies water pumped up from underwater to a cooling water passage to cool a power source and discharges cooling water after the cooling from the cooling water passage to outside, foreign matters with sizes that cause clogging of the cooling water route having been removed from the cooling water flowing through the cooling water route; and a filtration device that is provided in the cooling water route to filtrate foreign matters remaining in the cooling water, in which the filtration device is of a cartridge type that incorporates a filter for filtration disposed in a main water passage and a valve member configured to open and close a bypass water passage and that is configured such that in a case in which clogging occurs in the filter, the valve member opens to cause the cooling water to flow via the bypass water passage. 
     According to the cooling device for a power source for a ship propulsion device of the present invention, it is possible to collect environment contaminating materials such as microplastics that are present in water and to efficiently remove the environment contaminating materials, with a simple configuration with no sacrifice of power performance. 
     The present disclosure relates to subject matter contained in Japanese Patent Application No. 2020-093933 (filed on May 29, 2020) which is expressly incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of an engine and a cooling device for an outboard motor according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 2  is a side view of the engine and the cooling device for the outboard motor; 
         FIG. 3  is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in  FIG. 2 ; 
         FIG. 4  is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in  FIG. 3 ; 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective view of a filtration device; 
         FIG. 6  is a perspective view of the filtration device without a lid; 
         FIG. 7  is a cross-sectional view of the filtration device of a first modification; 
         FIG. 8  is a cross-sectional view of the filtration device of a second modification. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present embodiment is applied to an outboard motor that is an example of a ship propulsion device. Each of front, back, left, right, up, and down in the following description indicates each direction from a ship body of a ship to which the outboard motor is attached. The left-right direction is a transverse width direction of the outboard motor. Note that although the orientation of the outboard motor relative to the ship body changes due to swinging around a steering axis or swinging around a tilt axis, each direction will be described below on the assumption that the outboard motor is at a constant location (a location in an initial state with no swinging due to steering or tilting) relative to the ship body. 
       FIGS. 1 and 2  illustrate an engine  10  that is a power source of an outboard motor. The engine  10  is attached to an engine room in an engine case  11  (partially illustrated in  FIG. 3 ) configuring an exterior of the outboard motor. Although illustration of power systems other than the engine  10  in the outboard motor is omitted, a drive shaft which is driven and rotated by a force generated by the engine  10  extends in the up-down direction, a propeller shaft to which the rotation is transmitted from the drive shaft extends in the front-back direction, and a propulsion force is generated through rotation of a propeller attached to the propeller shaft. 
     The outboard motor roughly includes an upper unit including the engine  10 , a lower unit including the propeller and the propeller shaft, and an intermediate unit placed between the upper unit and the lower unit. The lower unit is located below a water level in an ordinary cruising state. The drive shaft is caused to pass inside the intermediate unit and connects a crankshaft (not illustrated) on the side of the upper unit and the propeller shaft (not illustrated) on the side of the lower unit. The lower unit is provided with a gear that transmits power from the drive shaft to the propeller shaft, and a gear case (not illustrated) surrounding the gear configures the exterior of the lower unit. 
     As illustrated in  FIGS. 1 to 4 , the engine  10  has a cylinder block  12 , a cylinder head  13 , and a head cover  14 . The cylinder head  13  is disposed behind the cylinder block  12 , and the head cover  14  is disposed behind the cylinder head  13 . The positions of a mating surface  51  that is a boundary between the cylinder block  12  and the cylinder head  13  and a mating surface S 2  that is a boundary between the cylinder head  13  and the head cover  14  are illustrated in  FIG. 3 . Although not illustrated in  FIG. 3 , a crankcase is disposed in front of the cylinder block  12 . A crankshaft (not illustrated) extending in the up-down direction is provided in the crankcase. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 3 , tubular cylinders  15  are formed inside the cylinder block  12 . The plurality of cylinders  15  are provided at different positions in the up-down direction. In other words, the engine  10  is a multi-cylinder engine in which the cylinders  15  are aligned in the up-down direction, and a plurality of intake and exhaust ports and valves, which will be described later, are also provided in a manner corresponding to the number of cylinders  15 . 
     A piston  16  is inserted into each cylinder  15  such that the piston  16  can slide in the front-back direction. The piston  16  is coupled to the crankshaft inside the crankcase via a connecting rod  17 . If the piston  16  moves forward and backward in the front-back direction, then the crankshaft rotates. The rotation of the crankshaft is transmitted to the drive shaft, and the propeller is driven and rotated via the drive shaft and the propeller shaft as described above. 
     The cylinder head  13  is provided with a combustion chamber  18  that communicates with each cylinder  15  and an intake port  19  and an exhaust port  20  that communicate with the combustion chamber  18 . The intake port  19  extends substantially leftward relative to the combustion chamber  18 , and the exhaust port  20  extends substantially rightward relative to the combustion chamber  18 . An intake conduit line  21  is connected to the intake port  19 . The exhaust port  20  has a curved shape extending on the obliquely right and rear side from the combustion chamber  18  and changing an orientation toward the obliquely right front side at a midpoint, and a distal end portion (an end portion on a side opposite to the side on which the exhaust port  20  communicates with the combustion chamber  18 ) of the exhaust port  20  is connected to the exhaust conduit line  22 . The exhaust conduit line  22  is located on the right side of the cylinder  15  and extends in the up-down direction, and a plurality of exhaust ports  20  corresponding to the plurality of cylinders  15  are connected to a common exhaust conduit line  22 . A catalyst  23  is disposed in the exhaust conduit line  22  (see  FIGS. 2 and 3 ). The catalyst  23  has a shape with a longitudinal direction oriented in the up-down direction along the exhaust conduit line  22 . 
     Intake camshafts  25  and exhaust camshafts  26  that are rotatable about shafts extending in the up-down direction are supported in left and right valve operating chambers  24  formed between the cylinder head  13  and the head cover  14 . The intake camshafts  25  are located behind the intake port  19 , and the exhaust camshafts  26  are located behind the exhaust port  20 . A portion of the intake port  19  communicating with the combustion chamber  18  is opened and closed by an intake valve  27 . Opening and closing of the intake valve  27  are controlled by a cam provided at the intake camshaft  25 . A portion of the exhaust port  20  communicating with the combustion chamber  18  is opened and closed by an exhaust valve  28 . Opening and closing of the exhaust valve  28  are controlled by a cam provided at the exhaust camshaft  26 . 
     Air taken from the outside of the outboard motor passes through a silencer (not illustrated) and then flows into the intake port  19  through the intake conduit line  21 . A fuel is jetted into the intake port  19  by a fuel injector (not illustrated), and mixture gas (air-fuel mixture) is generated from the air flowing into the intake port  19  and the fuel jetted into the intake port  19 . The mixture gas flows into the combustion chamber  18  through opening of the intake valve  27 . Note that the engine may be of a type adapted such that the fuel is jetted from the fuel injector into the combustion chamber  18  to generate the mixture gas. 
     If mixture gas inside the combustion chamber  18  is ignited at a predetermined timing by an ignition plug (not illustrated), then the piston  16  is pressed and moves forward due to combustion of the mixture gas, and a force that causes the crankshaft to rotate is transmitted via the connecting rod  17 . Exhaust gas after combustion flows out of the combustion chamber  18  to the exhaust port  20  through opening of the exhaust valve  28  and advances to the exhaust conduit line  22 . The exhaust conduit line  22  is connected to a lower exhaust pipe (not illustrated) extending downward from an engine room. The exhaust gas purified by the catalyst  23  inside the exhaust conduit line  22  passes through the lower exhaust pipe and is then discharged from an exhaust port (not illustrated) to the outside of the outboard motor. The exhaust port is provided at the lower unit of the outboard motor, such as a rear end portion of the propeller shaft, and the exhaust gas is discharged to the underwater. 
     The engine  10  includes a water cooling-type cooling device. The cooling device is adapted to pump up water in the water area of cruising and use the taken water as cooling water to cool the engine  10 . As illustrated in  FIG. 3 , a cooling water passage  30  through which the cooling water is caused to pass is formed in the surroundings of a heat generating part of the engine  10  that reaches a high temperature. The cooling water passage  30  is configured as a water passage with a watertight structure by a water jacket  31  formed by a part of the cylinder block  12  and the cylinder head  13  and a water jacket cover  32  attached to the water jacket  31 . 
     An inlet-side water passage (not illustrated) for taking the cooling water from the outside of the outboard motor (underwater) and supplying the cooling water to the cooling water passage  30  and a water discharge-side water passage  35  for discharging the cooling water after cooling the engine  10  from the cooling water passage  30  to the outside are provided. The inlet-side water passage, the cooling water passage  30 , and the water discharge-side water passage  35  configure the cooling water route in the cooling device. A water pump (not illustrated) driven by rotation of the drive shaft is used to pump up the cooling water from the outside via the inlet-side water passage, distribute the cooling water through the cooling water passage  30 , and discharge the cooling water via the water discharge-side water passage  35 . 
     The inlet-side water passage includes, on a most upstream side, a water inlet port (not illustrated) that is opened on an outer surface side of the outboard motor. The water inlet port is formed in an outer surface of the lower unit (an outer surface of the gear case) of the outboard motor. The water inlet port is provided with a strainer (not illustrated), and foreign matters with sizes in such a level that causes clogging of the cooling water route, such as pebbles and algae, are prevented from entering the cooling water route by the strainer. The inlet-side water passage extends from the water inlet port to the inside of the engine room and is connected to the cooling water passage  30 . The cooling water taken into the inlet-side water passage from the water inlet port is suctioned and fed to the inside of the cooling water passage  30  through driving of the water pump. 
     The cooling water passage  30  includes a cylinder surrounding water passage  33  formed in the surroundings of the cylinders  15  and the combustion chamber  18 , and an exhaust surrounding water passage  34  formed in the surroundings of the exhaust port  20  and the exhaust conduit line  22 . The cooling water supplied to the cylinder surrounding water passage  33  and the exhaust surrounding water passage  34  takes heat from and cools a portion that has reached a high temperature due to combustion of the mixture gas in the combustion chamber  18  and passing of the exhaust gas after combustion. 
     As illustrated in  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the water discharge-side water passage  35  includes a water discharge hose  36  and a lower water discharge conduit line  37 . An upstream-side end portion  36   a , which is one end of the water discharge hose  36 , is connected to the cooling water passage  30  on the upper surface side of the cylinder block  12 . A downstream-side end portion  36   b , which is the other end of the water discharge hose  36 , is connected to the lower water discharge conduit line  37  below the cylinder head  13  and the head cover  14 . The lower water discharge conduit line  37  extends downward from the engine room. 
     The water discharge hose  36  has an upper pipe portion  36   c  extending from the upstream-side end portion  36   a  to the obliquely right rear side, an up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  bent from the upper pipe portion  36   c  and extending downward, and a lower pipe portion  36   e  bent from the lower end of the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  to the left side and extending up to the downstream-side end portion  36   b . The up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  passes on the right side of the cylinder head  13  and the head cover  14 . 
     More specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 3 , a front area E 1  where the cylinders  15 , the combustion chamber  18 , the intake port  19 , the exhaust port  20 , and the like are provided within the range of the engine  10  in the front-back direction has a wide width in the left-right direction due to the shapes of the intake port  19  and the exhaust port  20  extending in the left-right direction, installation of the exhaust conduit line  22  on a side (right side) of the cylinders  15 , a space for the cooling water passage  30 , and the like. On the contrary, a rear area E 2  including the valve operating chambers  24  within the range of the engine  10  in the front-back direction has a narrow width in the left-right direction. The up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  of the water discharge hose  36  is disposed in the rear area E 2  and passes behind the exhaust conduit line  22  and the cooling water passage  30  (particularly, the exhaust surrounding water passage  34 ) and on the right side of the valve operating chambers  24 . 
     A water discharge port (not illustrated) that is opened on the outer surface side of the outboard motor is formed on the most downstream side of the water discharge-side water passage  35 . The water discharge port is provided at the lower unit (near the rear end portion of the propeller shaft or the like), and an end portion of the lower water discharge conduit line  37  is connected to the water discharge port. 
     A control valve (not illustrated) that is opened and closed in accordance with a change in water temperature of the cooling water is provided between the cooling water passage  30  and the water discharge-side water passage  35  (water discharge hose  36 ). In a state in which the cooling water temperature in the cooling water passage  30  is low, the control valve is closed, does not allow the water to be discharged on the side of the water discharge-side water passage  35 , and causes the cooling water to circulate inside the cooling water passage  30 . If the cooling water temperature in the cooling water passage  30  increases, the control valve is opened, discharges the water on the side of the water discharge-side water passage  35 , and takes cooling water at a low temperature from the inlet-side water passage. The cooling water fed to the water discharge-side water passage  35  passes through the water discharge hose  36  and the lower water discharge conduit line  37  and is discharged from the water discharge port to the outside (underwater). A part of the cooling water passing through the water discharge-side water passage  35  is released from a detection hole  38  provided at a midpoint (above the water level) of the lower water discharge conduit line  37 , and a distribution condition of the cooling water through the cooling water route can be checked by observing the released state from the detection hole  38 . 
     Since relatively large foreign matters such as pebbles and algae are blocked by the strainer provided at the water inlet port of the inlet-side water passage as described above, the cooling water flowing through the cooling water route is water from which foreign matters with such sizes that cause clogging of the cooling water route have been removed. The cooling device according to the present embodiment includes, in the cooling water route, the filtration device  40  for filtrating and collecting yet finer foreign matters (environment contaminating materials, in particular) remaining in the cooling water as an environmental measure, in addition to securing of such cooling performance (smooth distribution of the cooling water). The filtration device  40  is a cartridge-type unit as illustrated in  FIG. 5  and can be attached to and detached from a midpoint of the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  of the water discharge hose  36 . The filtration device  40  incorporates a filter  45  such as a mesh or a non-woven cloth that are finer than the strainer and can capture fine foreign matters remaining in the cooling water before the cooling water is discharged to the outside. 
     Referring mainly to  FIGS. 3, 4, 5 and 6 , a specific configuration of the filtration device  40  will be described. The filtration device  40  has a columnar shape (square tubular shape) that is long in the up-down direction and has a two-split structure including a body portion  41  and a lid portion  42 . The lid portion  42  is attached to an upper portion of the body portion  41 . Each of the body portion  41  and the lid portion  42  is formed of metal, a synthetic resin, or the like and has corrosion resistance against seawater. 
     The up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  of the water discharge hose  36  is split into an upper half portion located on the upstream side and a lower half portion located on the downstream side. An end portion of the upper half portion of the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  is connected to an entrance tubular portion  42   b  projecting upward from an upper wall  42   a  of the lid portion  42 . An end portion of the lower half portion of the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  is connected to an exit tubular portion  41   b  projecting downward from a bottom wall  41   a  of the body portion  41 . These connecting portions have fitting shapes with recessed and projecting shapes, such that the entrance tubular portion  42   b  and the exit tubular portion  41   b  are prevented from dropping from the water discharge hose  36  through the fitting (see  FIG. 4 ). As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , the entrance tubular portion  42   b  and the exit tubular portion  41   b  have a relationship in which the entrance tubular portion  42   b  and the exit tubular portion  41   b  are aligned in the up-down direction (that is, the mutual positions in the front-back direction and the left-right direction are substantially the same). 
     The body portion  41  has, as side walls extending upward from the bottom wall  41   a , a front-side wall  41   c , a left-side wall  41   d , a right-side wall  41   e , and a rear-side wall  41   f . The front-side wall  41   c  has a wall portion with a planar shape extending in the left-right direction in a plan view (a sectional view as in  FIG. 3 ), the left-side wall  41   d  is a wall portion with a planar shape extending in the front-back direction in a plan view, and the front-side wall  41   c  and the left-side wall  41   d  are in a substantially perpendicular relationship. The right-side wall  41   e  has a wall portion with a planar shape with an interval from the left-side wall  41   d  (the distance in the left-right direction) decreasing as it advances from the front side (front-side wall  41   c ) toward the rear side (rear-side wall  41   f ). The rear-side wall  41   f  has a wall portion, to which mutual rear end portions of the left-side wall  41   d  and the right-side wall  41   e  are connected, and which is curved to project toward the rear side. A corner portion between the front-side wall  41   c  and the right-side wall  41   e  forms a curved wall  41   g  with a smooth shape. In the following description, the front-side wall  41   c , the left-side wall  41   d , the right-side wall  41   e , the rear-side wall  41   f , and the curved wall  41   g  will be collectively referred to as “side walls” of the body portion  41 . 
     In a plan view, the body portion  41  has a substantially triangular (wedge-like) shape with the front-side wall  41   c , the left-side wall  41   d , and the right-side wall  41   e  serving as three sides thereof (see  FIG. 3 ). In other words, the body portion  41  has a substantially triangular shape with a wide width in the left-right direction on the front (front-side wall  41   c ) side and with a narrow width in the left-right direction on the rear (rear-side wall  41   f ) side. 
     Also, the body portion  41  has a longer length (the distance from the front-side wall  41   c  to the rear-side wall  41   f ) in the front-back direction than the maximum width (the width at the location of the front-side wall  41   c ) in the left-right direction and has a shape that is thin and long in the front-back direction. The length of the body portion  41  in the up-down direction is longer than the length thereof in the front-back direction. In other words, in a case in which the maximum width of the body portion  41  in the left-right direction is defined as X, the length thereof in the front-back direction is defined as Y, and the length thereof in the up-down direction is defined as Z, a relationship of X&lt;Y&lt;Z is satisfied. 
     A flange portion  41   h  projecting laterally from the outer surfaces of the side walls is formed slightly below the upper end of the body portion  41 . A pair of front and rear support projections  41   i  are provided at a front edge and a rear edge of the flange portion  41   h . As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , each support projection  41   i  has a hook shape bent downward near the distal end thereof. 
     A pair of upper and lower fastening portions  41   j  project forward from the vicinity of the curved wall  41   g  from among the side walls of the body portion  41 . The body portion  41  is secured to the cylinder head  13  (a main body portion of the engine  10 ) by a bolt  43  inserted into a through-hole  41   k  formed in each fastening portion  41   j  being screwed into and fastened to each of screw holes of a pair of fastening portions  13   a  provided on a right-side portion of the cylinder head  13 . 
     The body portion  41  is opened on the upper end side, and a sealing member  44  is attached to cover the opened portion (see  FIG. 6 ). The sealing member  44  is made of a material with non-permeability and flexibility, such as rubber. The shape of the outer peripheral portion of the sealing member  44  corresponds to the outer surface shape of the side walls of the body portion  41 . The sealing member  44  has a first opening  44   a  and a second opening  44   b  penetrating in the up-down direction. A stepped portion opened upward is formed into an annular shape at a peripheral edge of each of the first opening  44   a  and the second opening  44   b . The first opening  44   a  is provided on the front side, the second opening  44   b  is provided on the rear side, and a partition wall  44   c  (see  FIG. 4 ) projecting downward is provided between the first opening  44   a  and the second opening  44   b.    
     As illustrated in  FIGS. 3 and 4 , the inside of the body portion  41  is partitioned by the partition wall  44   c  into front and rear portions in a state in which the sealing member  44  is attached to the body portion  41 . As a space (a space surrounded by the front-side wall  41   c , the left-side wall  41   d , the right-side wall  41   e , and the partition wall  44   c ) on the front side of the partition wall  44   c , a main water passage P 1  is formed. As a space (a space surrounded by the rear-side wall  41   f , the left-side wall  41   d , the right-side wall  41   e , and the partition wall  44   c ) on the rear side of the partition wall  44   c , a bypass water passage P 2  is formed. A lower end of the partition wall  44   c  is not connected to the bottom wall  41   a , and a communication passage P 3  that establishes communication between the main water passage P 1  and the lower end portion of the bypass water passage P 2  is formed between the partition wall  44   c  and the bottom wall  41   a  (see  FIG. 4 ). 
     Similar to the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  of the water discharge hose  36 , the cooling water flows from the upper side toward the lower side in the filtration device  40 . As illustrated in  FIGS. 3 and 4 , the main water passage P 1  has a larger sectional area than the bypass water passage P 2  in a direction perpendicular to the flow of the cooling water. Specifically, the main water passage P 1  has a larger sectional area by the main water passage P 1  being provided at a front-side portion with a larger interval in the left-right direction between the left-side wall  41   d  and the right-side wall  41   e  and by the partition wall  44   c  being located to be closer to the rear side beyond the center of the body portion  41  in the front-back direction. 
     The first opening  44   a  is an opening that is located at an upper end of the main water passage P 1  and has a substantially rectangle shape along an inner surface (the side walls of the body portion  41  and the partition wall  44   c ) of the main water passage P 1 . The second opening  44   b  is an opening that is located at an upper end of the bypass water passage P 2  and has a substantially circular shape. 
     The filter  45  for filtration is attached to the inside of the main water passage P 1  of the body portion  41 . As illustrated in  FIGS. 4 and 6 , a flange portion  45   a  projecting laterally is provided at an upper end of the filter  45 . The flange portion  45   a  has a shape with which the flange portion  45   a  is accommodated in (placed on) the stepped portion at the peripheral edge of the first opening  44   a . A capturing unit  45   b  with a bursiform shape (bottomed tubular shape) is provided at a lower portion of the flange portion  45   a.    
     The capturing unit  45   b  is made of a mesh material, a non-woven cloth, or the like in which multiple finer pores than those of the strainer provided at the water inlet port of the inlet-side water passage are formed. The capturing unit  45   b  is configured with a side wall  45   c  extending in the up-down direction and a bottom wall  45   d  that shields the lower end of the side wall  45   c . The capturing unit  45   b  has a square pyramid shape in which an inner area surrounded by the side wall  45   c  gradually decreases from the upper end side connected to the flange portion  45   a  toward the lower end side connected to the bottom wall  45   d.    
     The filter  45  is inserted into the main water passage P 1  through the first opening  44   a  with the bottom wall  45   d  located at the head. If a state in which the flange portion  45   a  is placed on the stepped portion of the first opening  44   a  ( FIG. 4 ) is obtained, then further insertion of the filter  45  is restricted, and the position of the filter  45  relative to the body portion  41  is set. In this state, the bottom end of the partition wall  44   c  and the bottom wall  45   d  are located at substantially the same positions in the up-down direction (see  FIG. 4 ). Therefore, the filter  45  does not reach the lower end side of the body portion  41  where the communication passage P 3  is formed, and a flow passage directed to the exit tubular portion  41   b  from the bypass water passage P 2  via the communication passage P 3  is secured. 
     A pressure valve  46  is attached to the second opening  44   b  of the sealing member  44 . The pressure valve  46  is a valve member including a constantly closed-type valve body that is ordinarily closed and opens and causes a fluid (cooling water) to pass therethrough when a predetermined or larger pressure is applied thereto. A flange portion  46   a  projecting laterally is provided at a casing outer surface of the pressure valve  46 . 
     The pressure valve  46  is inserted from the upper side into the second opening  44   b . If a state in which the flange portion  46   a  is placed on the stepped portion at the peripheral edge of the second opening  44   b  ( FIG. 4 ) is obtained, then further insertion of the pressure valve  46  is restricted, and the position of the pressure valve  46  relative to the body portion  41  is set. 
     The lid portion  42  is attached to the body portion  41  in a state in which the sealing member  44 , the filter  45 , and the pressure valve  46  are assembled. The lid portion  42  has a side wall  42   c  extending downward from the peripheral edge of the upper wall  42   a . The side wall  42   c  has a shape corresponding to the side walls of the body portion  41 . The position of the lid portion  42  relative to the body portion  41  in the up-down direction is set by the lower end of the side wall  42   c  abutting on the flange portion  41   h . The positions of the lid portion  42  relative to the body portion  41  in the front-back direction and in the left-right direction are set by the inner surface of the side wall  42   c  coming into contact with the outer surface of the side walls (a portion above the flange portion  41   h ) of the body portion  41 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , a stepped portion  42   d  directed downward is formed inside the side wall  42   c . If the lid portion  42  is attached to the body portion  41 , then the stepped portion  42   d  abuts on the sealing member  44  and then pressurizes and deforms the sealing member  44 . The flange portion  45   a  and the flange portion  46   a  are sandwiched between each of the stepped portions of the first opening  44   a  and the second opening  44   b  on the side of the body portion  41  and the stepped portion  42   d  on the side of the lid portion  42  (see  FIG. 4 ). 
     A pair of front and rear support projections  42   e  are provided at a front edge and a rear edge of the side wall  42   c . As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , each support projection  42   e  has a hook shape bent upward near the distal end thereof. If the lid portion  42  is attached to the body portion  41 , then the support projection  41   i  and the support projection  42   e  are brought into a relationship in which the support projection  41   i  and the support projection  42   e  are aligned in the up-down direction at a predetermined interval on each of the front side and the rear side. 
     The support projection  41   i  and the support projection  42   e  on the front side and the support projection  41   i  and the support projection  42   e  on the rear side are fastened, respectively, via fastening members  47 . The fastening members  47  are made of elastic bodies such as rubber and have fitting holes  47   a  and fitting holes  47   b  at different positions in the up-down direction. The fastening members  47  are provided with tabs  47   c  extending upward from the locations where the fitting holes  47   b  on the upper side are formed. 
     In an initial state (a free state in which no deformation due to an external force has occurred) of each fastening member  47 , the interval between the fitting hole  47   a  and the fitting hole  47   b  is set to be smaller than the interval between the support projection  41   i  (the proximal end-side portion except for the bent portion at the distal end) and the support projection  42   e  (the proximal end-side portion except for the bent portion at the distal end). 
     If the support projection  41   i  is inserted into the fitting hole  47   a , the tab  47   c  is gripped, and the fastening member  47  is pulled upward, then the fastening member  47  is elastically deformed, and the interval between the fitting hole  47   a  and the fitting hole  47   b  increases. This enables the support projection  42   e  to be inserted into the fitting hole  47   b , and it is possible to obtain a state in which the proximal end-side portions of the support projection  41   i  and the support projection  42   e  are fitted into the fitting hole  47   a  and the fitting hole  47   b , respectively, as illustrated in  FIG. 4 . If the pulling of the fastening member  47  is released in this fitted state, then a bias force of attracting the support projection  42   e  to the support projection  41   i  works due to the fastening member  47  that is about to restore its original state from the elastically deformed state. Then, separation of the lid portion  42  from the body portion  41  to the upper side is restricted by the fastening member  47 , and the lid portion  42  is secured to the body portion  41 . The fastening member  47  in the fitted state is prevented from dropping on a side of the body portion  41  and the lid portion  42  by being hooked at the bent portions of the support projection  41   i  and the support projection  42   e  on the distal end sides. In other words, once the body portion  41  and the lid portion  42  are coupled to each other using the fastening members  47 , the coupling between the body portion  41  and the lid portion  42  is maintained as long as the fastening members  47  are not intentionally detached therefrom. 
     The sealing member  44  sandwiched with the stepped portion  42   d  secures watertightness between the body portion  41  and the lid portion  42  secured with the fastening members  47 . The pinching of the flange portion  45   a  and the flange portion  46   a  achieved by the stepped portion  42   d  is maintained by the lid portion  42  being secured to the body portion  41 . In other words, the filter  45  and the pressure valve  46  are also secured at predetermined positions inside the filtration device  40  along with the securing of the lid portion  42 . The filter  45  is secured at a position at which the capturing unit  45   b  is inserted into the main water passage P 1 , and the pressure valve  46  is secured at an upstream-side end portion of the bypass water passage P 2 . 
     The filtration device  40  has a longer length in the front-back direction than the width in the left-right direction. Therefore, it is possible to improve strength and stability of the securing by fastening the body portion  41  and the lid portion  42  via the fastening members  47  at the two locations on the front edge side and the rear edge side with a distance therebetween. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , if the lid portion  42  is attached to the body portion  41 , then a flow-in space P 4  surrounded by the inner surface of the lid portion  42  and the sealing member  44  is formed. The flow-in space P 4  is located over both the main water passage P 1  and the bypass water passage P 2  on their upper side. Since the capturing unit  45   b  of the filter  45  has a shape projecting downward without shielding the first opening  44   a , the main water passage P 1  and the flow-in space P 4  constantly communicate with each other, and the cooling water advancing from the flow-in space P 4  to the main water passage P 1  is not prevented. Partitioning between the bypass water passage P 2  and the flow-in space P 4  is achieved by the pressure valve  46 , and the cooling water advancing from the flow-in space P 4  to the bypass water passage P 2  is restricted in a state in which the pressure valve  46  is closed. The cooling water is allowed to advance from the flow-in space P 4  to the bypass water passage P 2  only in a case in which a predetermined or larger pressure (water pressure) is applied on the side of the flow-in space P 4  and the pressure valve  46  is opened. The cooling water that has flowed into the bypass water passage P 2  advances from the lower side of the filter  45  to the exit tubular portion  41   b  through the communication passage P 3  and is then discharged from the filtration device  40 . 
     The filtration device  40  configured by combining each component as described above is attached to a midpoint of the cooling water route. As described above, the entrance tubular portion  42   b  is inserted into the end portion of the upper half portion of the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d , and the exit tubular portion  41   b  is inserted into the end portion of the lower half portion of the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d , thereby connecting the filtration device  40  to the water discharge hose  36 . These connecting locations have watertightness due to a predetermined sealing structure. The pair of upper and lower fastening portions  41   j  are fastened to the fastening portions  13   a  of the cylinder head  13  using the bolts  43 . Due to the fastening and securing, precision of the position of the filtration device  40  becomes stably high, and it is possible to prevent an application of an excessive load and a loss of watertightness at the portions where the exit tubular portion  41   b  and the entrance tubular portion  42   b  are connected to the water discharge hose  36 . 
     The cooling water that has flowed into the filtration device  40  from the entrance tubular portion  42   b  on the upstream side advances from the flow-in space P 4  to the main water passage P 1 , passes through the capturing unit  45   b  of the filter  45 , and exits to the exit tubular portion  41   b  on the downstream side. Foreign matters that cannot pass through the mesh, the non-woven cloth, or the like of the capturing unit  45   b  from among the foreign matters contained in the cooling water that has flowed into the filtration device  40  are prevented from advancing on the downstream side and are then stored in the capturing unit  45   b.    
     Examples of the foreign matters that remain in the cooling water and that are targets to be collected by the filtration device  40  include microplastics, in particular. Plastic pieces with sizes of 5 mm or less are typically called microplastics. The filter  45  in the filtration device  40  according to the present embodiment has a filtration function capable of capturing and collecting yet finer remaining foreign matters with sizes in a minimum level (of about 0.1 mm to 0.2 mm in general) in which the foreign matters are visible with naked eyes and can reliably collect microplastics. 
     For example, it is assumed that the mesh size of the strainer at the water inlet port is set such that passing of foreign matters with sizes of about 1 mm to 2 mm or more can be restricted in order to satisfy a condition that clogging is not to be caused inside the cooling water route. Although there is a likelihood that foreign matters smaller than the sizes enter the cooling water route through the mesh of the strainer, the risk of the foreign matters clogging inside the cooling water route is low, and there is thus no problem in terms of securing of cooling performance. However, if the fine foreign matters contained in the cooling water are released to the outside as they are without being collected, opportunities of collecting fine environment contaminating materials that cannot be captured by the strainer are missed. 
     In order to take advantage of such opportunities to carry out an environmental measure, the filtration device  40  capable of capturing the fine foreign matters that have entered the cooling water route without being captured by the strainer is provided in the cooling water route of the cooling device. It is thus possible to remove the fine environment contaminating materials such as microplastics contained in the cooling water taken from the outside in a state in which the engine  10  is driven and to return the cooling water, from which the environment contaminating materials have been removed, to the outside. Although it is generally difficult to collect the fine environment contaminating materials dispersed in water, the filtration device  40  is configured to capture the fine environment contaminating materials using the flow of the cooling water taken from the outside by focusing on the characteristic of the cooling device for a power source for a ship propulsion device of repeatedly taking cooling water from the outside (cruising water area) and discharging the cooling water. It is thus possible to efficiently and actively carry out an environmental measure with no need of special operations or control other than ordinary circulation of the cooling water during cruising of the ship using the engine  10  as a power source. 
     In an outboard motor with a large output and a large displacement capacity, in particular, the flow amount of cooling water taken into the cooling water route increases to have high cooling performance. In one example, an outboard motor with an engine displacement of more than 4000 cc and in an output level of 300 PS has performance of causing about 100 liters of cooling water to flow per minute (6000 liters per hour). It is thus possible to perform processing of removing environment contaminating materials from a large amount of cooling water in every cruising, by including the filtration device  40  in the cooling water route. 
     The filtration device  40  is disposed at a midpoint of the water discharge-side water passage  35  in the cooling water route. In the cooling water route, the water temperature of the cooling water flowing through the water discharge-side water passage  35  after heat is removed from the engine  10  in the cooling water passage  30  is higher than the water temperature of the cooling water until reaching the cooling water passage  30  after being pumped up from the outside to the inlet-side water passage. Since viscosity of warm water is lower than that of cold water, it is easy to cause the cooling water to flow without resistance regardless of the filter  45 , by providing the filtration device  40  at the midpoint of the water discharge-side water passage  35  through which warm water flows. It is thus possible to efficiently capture the foreign matters such as microplastics. 
     Moreover, there is also a likelihood that trash and the like left inside the engine  10 , in addition to the foreign matters originally contained in water from the outside of the outboard motor, is mixed in the cooling water passing through the water discharge-side water passage  35 . The filter  45  of the filtration device  40  can also capture such foreign matters mixed at midpoints of the cooling water route. Therefore, the filtration device  40  is preferably provided in the water discharge-side water passage  35  on the downstream side in view of collection of the foreign matters left inside the engine  10  as well. 
     However, it is also possible to provide a filtration device like the filtration device  40  at a midpoint of the inlet-side water passage from the water inlet port to the cooling water passage  30  in the cooling water route. 
     The filtration device  40  can also collect substances in water other than microplastics. For example, aquafarmers who use fish cages can efficiently capture remaining feed and the like spread in water during aquafarming using the filtration device  40  and can contribute to prevention of marine contamination by cruising around the fish cages in a ship using the engine  10  as a power source. 
     In a state in which the cooling water is smoothly flowing on the side of the main water passage P 1  in the filtration device  40 , the pressure (water pressure) inside the flow-in space P 4  does not increase, and the pressure valve  46  of the constantly closed-type maintains the closed state. Therefore, since a flow of the cooling water passing through the bypass water passage P 2  does not occur, and the total amount of cooling water passes through the filter  45 , and the filter  45  does not miss the foreign matters to be collected. 
     If the amount of foreign matters captured by the filter  45  increases, and clogging occurs, then the flow of the cooling water in the main water passage P 1  is disrupted, and the pressure (water pressure) in the flow-in space P 4  increases. In a case in which the pressure in the flow-in space P 4  is greater than a predetermined value, the pressure valve  46  is opened, and the cooling water starts to flow through the bypass water passage P 2 . Then, the cooling water flows downwards from the filtration device  40  through the bypass water passage P 2  and the communication passage P 3 . In this manner, it is possible to automatically select the main water passage P 1  and the bypass water passage P 2  of the filtration device  40  in accordance with a situation, to cause the cooling water to flow from the upstream side to the downstream side with no problems, and to prevent the cooling performance of the engine  10  from deteriorating due to a circulation failure of the cooling water regardless of the amount of foreign matters captured by the filter  45 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , the exit tubular portion  41   b  and the entrance tubular portion  42   b  are located above and below the main water passage P 1 , respectively. In other words, the main water passage P 1  is located on the center line of the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  (on the linear flow passage directed in the up-down direction). On the other hand, the bypass water passage P 2  is at a location offset backward from the center line of the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d . Therefore, the cooling water entering the filtration device  40  dominantly flows from the flow-in space P 4  to the main water passage P 1 , and it is possible to efficiently cause the cooling water to pass through a linear route in the filtration device  40  in a state in which no clogging of the filter  45  has occurred in the main water passage P 1 . 
     The capturing unit  45   b  of the filter  45  has a narrowed shape in which the inner area surrounded by the side wall  45   c  decreases toward the lower side. Therefore, in a case in which the captured foreign matters are sequentially accumulated in the capturing unit  45   b  from the lower end (bottom wall  45   d ) side, a gap through which the cooling water is caused to flow is secured between the inner surface of the main water passage P 1  and the capturing unit  45   b  above the accumulated foreign matters, and clogging of the filter  45  is unlikely to occur in the main water passage P 1 . In other words, the advancing of the cooling water in the main water passage P 1  is unlikely to be prevented until a state in which a most part of the capturing unit  45   b  is filled with foreign matters is achieved, and it is possible to efficiently capture foreign matters with a low replacement frequency of the filter  45 . 
     Occurrence of clogging of the filter  45  is detected by a pressure sensor  51  (schematically illustrated in  FIG. 2 ) installed on the upstream side beyond the filtration device  40  in the water discharge-side water passage  35 , for example. A signal from the pressure sensor  51  is transmitted to a control unit  50  (schematically illustrated in  FIG. 2 ) mounted in the outboard motor or the ship. If clogging of the filter  45  occurs, then the water pressure in the water discharge-side water passage  35  rises on the upstream side beyond the filtration device  40 . 
     Although the flow of the cooling water via the bypass water passage P 2  in the filtration device  40  is secured and the cooling performance is thus not degraded even in a state in which clogging of the filter  45  has occurred, the water pressure in the flow-in space P 4  temporarily rises until the pressure valve  46  is opened. The pressure sensor  51  can detect the influence of the rise of the water pressure. 
     In a case in which the detection value of the pressure sensor  51  is greater than a predetermined value, the control unit  50  determines that clogging has occurred in the filter  45  and causes an alert notification to be issued for the crew (ship operator). As a notification means, display (visual recognition) on a display device  52  such as a gauge for ship operating or a display light on an outer surface of the outboard motor or alert sound or voice generated from a speaker  53  is used. Also, a notification means other than these may be used. For example, a signal for notification may be transmitted to a mobile information terminal that the crew carries. 
     Note that an engine temperature alert based on a detection value of a water temperature sensor that measures the water temperature of the cooling water may be provided along with the clogging alert based on the detection value of the pressure sensor  51 , in order to more reliably prevent overheating of the engine  10 . 
     In a case in which clogging of the filter  45  is reported or a predetermined maintenance cycle elapses, an operator performs an operation of removing the collected materials from the filtration device  40 . If the filtration device  40  is detached from the engine  10 , fastening with the fastening members  47  is released, and the lid portion  42  is detached from the body portion  41 , then the filter  45  is exposed and can be pulled out as in  FIG. 6 . Then, the filter  45  is replaced, and the filtration device  40  is assembled again and is then attached to the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  of the water discharge hose  36 . For the replacement of the filter  45 , the filter  45  from which the collected materials have been removed may be attached again, or the filter  45  may be replaced with a new filter  45 . Alternatively, it is also possible to replace the entire filtration device  40  with a new one. 
     The filtration device  40  is of a self-contained cartridge type incorporating the filter  45  and the pressure valve  46  and having a function of collecting foreign matters remaining in the main water passage P 1  and a function of securing the flow path with the bypass water passage P 2 . Therefore, it is possible to mount the filtration device  40  without applying any large-scaled modifications to the existing cooling device. Also, it is possible to attach and detach only the portion corresponding to the filtration device  40  without requiring large-scaled disassembly of the cooling device and to easily perform a maintenance operation such as filter replacement. 
     The filtration device  40  as a unit can be easily detached from the engine  10  by releasing the securing with the bolts  43  and pulling the exit tubular portion  41   b  and the entrance tubular portion  42   b  from the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  of the water discharge hose  36 . 
     For the disassembly of the filtration device  40 , the fastening members  47  are elastically deformed, the fitting hole  47   b  is pulled out of the support projection  42   e , and the securing of the lid portion  42  is released, by inclining the tab  47   c  on a side (in the front-back direction) of the body portion  41  while gripping the tab  47   c  and pulling the tab  47   c  upward. In a state in which the lid portion  42  has been detached, it is possible to easily pull the filter  45  upward out of the body portion  41  (first opening  44   a ). Similar to the filter  45 , it is also possible to easily detach the pressure valve  46  by pulling the pressure valve  46  upward out of the body portion  41  (second opening  44   b ) as needed. Therefore, it is possible for the operator to easily perform detachment and replacement of the filter  45  and the pressure valve  46  without requiring special tools, skills, and the like. Particularly, it is possible to manually perform operations up to detachment of the filter  45  and the pressure valve  46  for the filtration device  40  after being detached from the engine  10 . 
     When the filtration device  40  is assembled, watertightness is obtained between the body portion  41  and the lid portion  42  with the sealing member  44  sandwiched therebetween, by the lid portion  42  being secured to the body portion  41  using the fastening members  47 . Also, the filter  45  and the pressure valve  46  are secured to each other with the flange portion  45   a  and the flange portion  46   a  sandwiched between the sealing member  44  (the stepped portion in the surroundings of the first opening  44   a  and the second opening  44   b ) and the stepped portion  42   d  of the lid portion  42 . Therefore, it is possible to provide a watertight structure to the filtration device  40 , to complete the securing of the filter  45  and the pressure valve  46 , and to assemble the filtration device  40  of the cartridge type with no time and efforts, merely by attaching the lid portion  42  to the body portion  41 . 
     In the filtration device  40 , the partition wall  44   c  that is a part of the sealing member  44  that establishes sealing between the body portion  41  and the lid portion  42  is used to partition the inside of the body portion  41  into the main water passage P 1  and the bypass water passage P 2 . Therefore, it is possible to simplify the structure of the body portion  41  and thereby to reduce manufacturing costs and times and efforts for manufacturing. 
     As described above, it is possible to perform an environmental measure activity at the same time during an ordinary operation of the engine  10  by including the filtration device  40  in the cooling water route. Since the filtration device  40  is provided with the bypass water passage P 2 , the flow of the cooling water is not inhibited even in a situation in which clogging of the filter  45  occurs, and the power performance of the engine  10  is not sacrificed. Also, since it is only necessary to provide the filtration device  40  of a cartridge type with a simple configuration, for which maintenance can be easily performed, without any addition of complicated devices, it is possible to realize an environmental measure activity at low costs while keeping the cooling device in a compact size. 
     As described above, the engine  10  has a wide width in the left-right direction in the front area E 1  where the cylinders  15 , the combustion chamber  18 , the intake port  19 , and the exhaust port  20  are formed (see  FIG. 3 ). Particularly, since the exhaust conduit line  22  requires a large volume to incorporate the catalyst  23 , and the exhaust surrounding water passage  34  of the cooling water passage  30  surrounds the surroundings of the exhaust conduit line  22 , a necessary space is likely to increase on the right side of the front area E 1 . Although the amount of the engine  10  projecting on the right side is minimized by forming the exhaust conduit line  22  and the catalyst  23  into elongated shapes extending in the up-down direction, a portion near the exhaust conduit line  22  is a portion at which the engine  10  has the maximum width in the left-right direction (see  FIGS. 1 and 3 ). On the other hand, since the rear area E 2  behind the area includes only the left and right valve operating chambers  24 , the engine  10  has a narrow width in the left-right direction as compared with the front area E 1  (see  FIG. 3 ). 
     The up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  in the water discharge-side water passage  35  extends in the up-down direction with the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  located behind the exhaust conduit line  22  and the exhaust surrounding water passage  34  included in the front area E 1  and disposed on a side (right side) of the valve operating chambers  24  included in the rear area E 2 . In accordance with this configuration, the filtration device  40  attached to the midpoint of the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  is configured to have a columnar shape (square tubular shape) that is elongated in the up-down direction and is accommodated in a space with a stepped shape between the front area E 1  and the rear area E 2 . Highly dense component disposition with no waste of space is realized by disposing the catalyst  23  and the filtration device  40 , each of which is elongated in the up-down direction, in an aligned manner in the front-back direction. Therefore, the filtration device  40  is disposed with satisfactory space efficiency using structures around the engine  10  including an exhaust system, and it is possible to secure an internal volume for collecting foreign matters while preventing the outboard motor from increasing in size. 
     As a problem specific to an outboard motor, there is a requirement for minimizing the lateral width of each outboard motor on the assumption of a case of employing multiple-machine arrangement in which a plurality of outboard motors are attached in an aligned manner. The outboard motor generally has the widest width at the portion corresponding to the engine, in particular, and it is important to reduce the lateral width around the engine as much as possible. As illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the engine case  11  is set to have a shape in which the width in the left-right direction is gradually narrowed from a portion near the center of the outboard motor in the front-back direction toward the rear side in a manner corresponding to the engine  10  with a narrower width in the left-right direction in the rear area E 2  than in the front area E 1 . In this manner, the lateral width around the engine is reduced to the minimum limit as a whole including not only the engine  10  but also the engine case  11 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the filtration device  40  has a configuration in which the main water passage P 1  and the bypass water passage P 2  are aligned in the front-back direction. In this manner, the width of the filtration device  40  in the left-right direction is curbed. Moreover, the filtration device  40  has a substantially triangular shape (wedge shape) that is wide in the left-right direction on the front (front-side wall  41   c ) side and is narrow in the left-right direction on the rear (rear-side wall  41   f ) side in a plan view. More specifically, the side wall on the right side (right-side wall  41   e ) directed to the outside of the outboard motor in the filtration device  40  has a shape inclined to be close to the center of the outboard motor in the left-right direction from the front side toward the rear side. In this manner, the accommodation of the filtration device  40  in the space on the right and rear side of the engine  10  is realized without affecting the shape (the outer surface shape of the outboard motor) of the engine case  11  with a width in the left-right direction narrowed to be smaller on the rear side, that is, without increasing the outboard motor in size in the left-right direction. Since the filter  45  is disposed in the main water passage P 1  on the front side on which the width in the left-right direction is larger in the filtration device  40 , it is possible to secure the volume of the filter  45  to increase the amount of foreign matters to be collected and thereby to reduce the replacement frequency of the filter  45 . 
     As described above, the filtration device  40  of the cartridge type can have dedicated design in which filtration performance, space efficiency, disposition relationships with other components, and the like are optimized for each model of the power source for the ship propulsion device. Moreover, since the filtration device  40  of the cartridge type can be easily attached and detached to and from the inside of the cooling water route and has a self-contained property of automatically performing from collection of foreign matters to securing of a flow path at the time of clogging of the filter in an attached state, there are less influences on layout and functionality of the entire cooling device. For example, it is also easy to mount the filtration device  40  later to an existing cooling device that is not provided with a filtration function therein. 
       FIG. 7  illustrates a filtration device  40 A according to a first modification example. Components of the filtration device  40 A common to those in the aforementioned filtration device  40  will be indicated with the same reference signs, and description will be omitted. 
     The filtration device  40 A is different in a means for securing the lid portion  42  to the body portion  41 , and the lid portion  42  is secured to the body portion  41  through fastening using a bolt  60 . A fastening portion  61  and a fastening portion  62  projecting laterally are provided near the upper end of the body portion  41  and near the lower end of the lid portion  42 , respectively. A screw hole  61   a  penetrating in the up-down direction is formed in the fastening portion  61  of the body portion  41 . A through-hole  62   a  penetrating in the up-down direction is formed in the fastening portion  62  of the lid portion  42 . The bolt  60  has a shaft portion  60   a  having a male screw on an outer surface thereof and a large-diameter head portion  60   b  located at an end portion of the shaft portion  60   a.    
     If the body portion  41  is covered with the lid portion  42 , then the screw hole  61   a  and the through-hole  62   a  are brought into a relationship in which the screw hole  61   a  and the through-hole  62   a  are aligned in the up-down direction. The shaft portion  60   a  of the bolt  60  is inserted from the upper side into the through-hole  62   a  and is then screwed into the screw hole  61   a . If a predetermined fastening torque is applied in a state in which the head portion  60   b  abuts on the upper surface of the fastening portion  62 , then the lid portion  42  is secured to the body portion  41 . 
     The securing achieved using the bolt  60  enables the lid portion  42  to be more strongly secured to the body portion  41 . Therefore, the securing is effective in a case in which a high water pressure is applied to the inside of the filtration device  40 A. 
     Note that although the securing achieved using the bolt  60  is illustrated only at one location in the sectional position in  FIG. 7 , the securing achieved using the bolt  60  is performed at a plurality of locations in order to secure high watertightness in the filtration device  40 A. Preferably, the securing is performed at three or more locations. For example, securing on the side of the rear-side wall  41   f  where the width of the filtration device  40 A in the left-right direction is minimum is performed with a bolt  60  at one location as illustrated in  FIG. 7 . Securing achieved using the bolt  60  at the remaining two locations is performed near both left and right ends of the front-side wall  41   c  where the width in the left-right direction is wide. In other words, a structure in which the securing achieved using the bolt  60  is performed near three corners of the filtration device  40  with a substantially triangular shape in a plan view is employed. Such setting of the three securing locations causes no localization of a load and is thus effective to secure securing stability and watertightness of the lid portion  42  with respect to the body portion  41 . 
     A partition wall plate  63  that is a member which is different from any of the body portion  41 , the lid portion  42 , and the sealing member  44  establishes partitioning between the main water passage P 1  and the bypass water passage P 2  in the filtration device  40 A. A groove portion  64  into which the edge portion in the left-right direction of the partition wall plate  63  on the lower end side is inserted is formed in the inner surface of the body portion  41 . A groove portion  65  into which the partition wall plate  63  on the upper end side is inserted is formed in the sealing member  44 . If the sealing member  44  is attached to the body portion  41  in a state in which the partition wall plate  63  is inserted into the groove portion  64 , then the upper end of the partition wall plate  63  is fitted to the groove portion  65 , and the partition wall plate  63  is secured. 
     Since the groove portion  64  is formed inside the body portion  41 , the inner structure of the body portion  41  becomes simpler, and it is possible to form the body portion  41  at lower costs and with higher precision as compared with a case in which the partitioning structure like the partition wall plate  63  is integrally formed inside the body portion  41 . Moreover, since it is only necessary to insert the partition wall plate  63  into the groove portion  64  and to then attach the lid portion  42 , it is possible to establish the partitioning between the main water passage P 1  and the bypass water passage P 2  with a simple operation. 
     Although a pressure valve  66  that is a valve member in the filtration device  40 A has a shape different from that of the pressure valve  46  in the aforementioned filtration device  40 , the pressure valve  66  has similar functions. The supporting structure that a flange portion  66   a  is sandwiched with the stepped portion  42   d  of the lid portion  42  and the pressure valve  66  is then secured is also common. 
     The pressure valve  66  includes a valve body  66   b  that can move upward and downward relative to the flange portion  66   a , and the valve body  66   b  is biased in a closed direction (the upper side in  FIG. 7 ) by a compression spring  66   c .  FIG. 7  illustrates a state in which the pressure valve  66  is closed. If the pressure (water pressure) in the flow-in space P 4  becomes greater than a predetermined value, then the valve body  66   b  is pressed down against the bias force of the compression spring  66   c , and the cooling water flows to the bypass water passage P 2 . 
       FIG. 8  illustrates a filtration device  40 B according to a second modification example. Components of the filtration device  40 B common to those in the aforementioned filtration device  40  and filtration device  40 A will be indicated with the same reference signs, and description will be omitted. 
     The filtration device  40 B is common to the filtration device  40 A in that the bolt  60  is used to secure a first lid portion  70  to the body portion  41 . The number of locations where securing is achieved by the bolt  60  and suitable disposition of the securing locations are similar to those of the filtration device  40 A. The pressure valve  66  is similar to that in the filtration device  40 A.  FIG. 8  illustrates a state in which the pressure valve  66  is opened. 
     The filtration device  40 B includes a second lid portion  71  that can be attached to and detached from the first lid portion  70 , separately from the first lid portion  70 . Attachment and detachment of the filter  72  are performed by detaching the second lid portion  71  from the first lid portion  70  and do not require detachment of the first lid portion  70  from the body portion  41 . 
     More specifically, the first lid portion  70  has a cylindrical support tubular portion  70   a  located above the main water passage P 1  and extending in the up-down direction. A screw  70   b  is formed on the outer surface of the support tubular portion  70   a  near the upper end thereof. 
     The second lid portion  71  has a disc-shaped upper wall  71   a  and a cylindrical side wall  71   b  extending downward from the peripheral edge of the upper wall  71   a , and a female screw fitted onto the screw  70   b  is formed on the inner surface of the side wall  71   b.    
     An entrance tubular portion  73  projects upward from the upper wall  71   a  of the second lid portion  71 . An end portion of the upper half portion of the up-down direction pipe portion  36   d  of the water discharge hose  36  is connected to the entrance tubular portion  73 . The inlet tubular portion  73  penetrates through the upper wall  71   a , and a flange portion  73   a  located inside the second lid portion  71  and abutting on the upper wall  71   a  from the lower side is formed at a lower end of the inlet tubular portion  73 . 
     The filter  72  includes, at a lower portion, a bottomed cylindrical capturing unit  72   a  made of a porous mesh material, and a supported tubular portion  72   b  projects upward from the capturing unit  72   a . Note that the capturing unit  72   a  can also have a configuration obtained by attaching a non-woven cloth or the like to a skeleton. The capturing unit  72   a  corresponds to the capturing unit  45   b  in the aforementioned filter  45  and has the same functions as those of the capturing unit  45   b  although the shapes are different. A flange portion  72   c  projecting laterally is provided at the upper end of the supported tubular portion  72   b . A side opening  72   d  penetrating laterally is formed in the supported tubular portion  72   b.    
     When the filtration device  40 B is assembled, the filter  72  is inserted into the body portion  41  and the first lid portion  70  with the capturing unit  72   a  located at the head in a state in which the second lid portion  71  is detached from the support tubular portion  70   a  of the first lid portion  70 . If the flange portion  72   c  abuts on the upper end of the support tubular portion  70   a , then further insertion of the filter  72  is restricted. In this stage, the outer surface of the supported tubular portion  72   b  comes into contact with the inner surface of the support tubular portion  70   a , and moving of the filter  72  in the front-back direction and the left-right direction is restricted. Also, the capturing unit  72   a  is located inside the main water passage P 1 . 
     A flow-in space P 5  is formed above the bypass water passage P 2  in the first lid portion  70 . The position of the filter  72  in a rotational direction around an axis of the support tubular portion  70   a  is set such that a side opening  72   d  communicates with the flow-in space P 5 . Note that a structure for setting the position in the rotational direction may be included between the first lid portion  70  and the filter  72  such that the filter  72  can be inserted into the support tubular portion  70   a  only at a specific position in the rotational direction illustrated in  FIG. 8 . In one example, it is possible to set the position of the filter  72  in the rotational direction at the time of attachment by providing a key groove extending in the up-down direction and a key projection to be inserted into the key groove on one and the other one of the inner surface of the support tubular portion  70   a  and the outer surface of the supported tubular portion  72   b.    
     The second lid portion  71  is attached to the support tubular portion  70   a  in a state in which the filter  72  is attached. With the attachment of the second lid portion  71 , the flange portion  73   a  of the entrance tubular portion  73  abuts on the flange portion  72   c  of the filter  72  from the upper side. If the second lid portion  71  is caused to rotate and the amount of screwing to the screw  70   b  is caused to increase (the screw is fastened) in this state, the flange portion  72   c  is sandwiched between the upper end of the support tubular portion  70   a  and the flange portion  73   a  of the entrance tubular portion  73 , and the filter  72  is then secured. The fastening of the second lid portion  71  can be manually performed. 
     In the filtration device  40 B assembled as described above, in a state in which the filter  72  is not clogged, a flow of the cooling water that has flowed from the entrance tubular portion  73  on the upstream side advancing to the main water passage P 1  through the capturing unit  72   a  of the filter  72  becomes dominant, and foreign matters contained in the cooling water are efficiently collected by the capturing unit  72   a . If clogging occurs in the filter  72 , then the cooling water flows from the side opening  72   d  to the flow-in space P 5 , the valve body  66   b  of the pressure valve  66  is opened due to pressure, and the cooling water is discharged from the filtration device  40 B to the downstream side via the bypass water passage P 2 . 
     When the filter  72  that has caused clogging is replaced, the screwing to the screw  70   b  is released, and the second lid portion  71  is detached from the support tubular portion  70   a . In this manner, the pressing against the flange portion  72   c  is released, and it is thus possible to pull out the filter  72  to the upper side. 
     As described above, the filtration device  40 B has a two-stage lid structure including the first lid portion  70  secured to the body portion  41  with the bolt  60  and the second lid portion  71  that can be attached and detached through a rotating operation performed on the first lid portion  70 , and the securing of the filter  72  is achieved by the second lid portion  71 . Therefore, it is possible to easily replace the filter  72  without detaching the first lid portion  70  strongly secured with the bolt  60 , and the operation is not complicated even in a case in which the replacement of the filter  72  is performed at a relatively high frequency. 
     On the other hand, high watertight performance is secured by the first lid portion  70  strongly secured with the bolt  60  in the surroundings of the sealing member  44  and the pressure valve  66 . The replacement of the pressure valve  66  and the sealing member  44  and other maintenance can be performed by detaching the first lid portion  70 . Since these operations are assumed to be performed at lower frequencies than that of the replacement of the filter  72 , there is no need to frequently detach the first lid portion  70 . 
     Although the present invention has been described above on the basis of the embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the aforementioned embodiment and modification examples and can be implemented with various modifications. The sizes, the shapes, and the like illustrated in the accompanying drawings in the aforementioned embodiment are not limited thereto and can be appropriately modified within a scope in which the effects of the present invention are achieved. In addition, the present invention can be implemented with appropriate modifications without departing from the scope of the object of the present invention. 
     Although the aforementioned embodiment has been applied to the outboard motor as an example of the ship propulsion device, the target of application of the present invention is not limited to the outboard motor, and the present invention can be applied generally to ship propulsion devices including a type disposed inside a ship (hull). 
     Although the engine that is an internal combustion engine is used as a power source for a ship propulsion device (outboard motor) in the aforementioned embodiment, it is also possible to apply the present invention to a ship propulsion device including a power source of another type, such as an electric motor. In other words, the present invention can be applied to any ship propulsion device as long as cooling of a power source is performed by a water cooling-type cooling device. 
     Although foreign matters in a level that causes clogging of the cooling water route are removed by the strainer provided at the water inlet port of the cooling water route in the aforementioned embodiment, it is also possible to cause the water inlet port itself to have a porous structure of a set of small pores instead of the provision of the strainer. 
     The cooling device for a power source for a ship propulsion device according to the present invention can collect environment contaminating materials such as microplastic that are present in water and efficiently remove the environment contaminating materials with a simple configuration with no sacrifice of power performance, and is particularly useful for a ship propulsion device with a high output that pumps a large amount of cooling water with the cooling device. 
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               10  Engine (power source) 
               11  Engine case 
               12  Cylinder block 
               13  Cylinder head 
               14  Head cover 
               15  Cylinder 
               16  Piston 
               18  Combustion chamber 
               19  Intake port 
               20  Exhaust port 
               22  Exhaust conduit line 
               23  Catalyst 
               24  Valve operating chamber 
               25  Intake camshaft 
               26  Exhaust camshaft 
               27  Intake valve 
               28  Exhaust valve 
               30  Cooling water passage 
               33  Cylinder surrounding water passage 
               34  Exhaust surrounding water passage 
               35  Water discharge-side water passage 
               36  Water discharge hose 
               36   d  Up-down direction pipe portion 
               37  Lower water discharge conduit line 
               40  Filtration device 
               40 A Filtration device 
               40 B Filtration device 
               41  Body portion 
               42  Lid portion 
               44  Sealing member 
               44   c  Partition wall 
               45  Filter 
               45   b  Capturing unit 
               46  Pressure valve (valve member) 
               47  Fastening member 
               52  Display device (notification means) 
               53  Speaker (notification means) 
               60  Bolt 
               63  Partition wall plate 
               66  Pressure valve (valve member) 
               70  First lid portion 
               71  Second lid portion 
               72  Filter 
               72   a  Capturing unit 
             P 1  Main water passage 
             P 2  Bypass water passage 
             P 3  Communication passage 
             P 4  Flow-in space 
             P 5  Flow-in space