Patent ID: 7568470

Claim:
An outboard motor for a boat, comprising: a cowling defining an engine compartment; an engine disposed in the engine compartment; a first fuel delivery conduit, at least a portion of the first fuel delivery conduit being disposed in the engine compartment and receiving fuel from a fuel tank on a hull side of the boat; a first fuel pump receiving the fuel from the first fuel delivery conduit; a second fuel delivery conduit, at least a portion of the second fuel delivery conduit being disposed in the engine compartment and receiving at least a portion of the fuel from the first fuel pump; a second fuel pump receiving the fuel from the second fuel delivery conduit and delivering the fuel to the engine; a vapor separator being disposed in the engine compartment with the second fuel pump being enclosed by the vapor separator; and a sealed container being disposed at a bottom of the engine compartment with the first fuel pump being enclosed by the sealed container, the sealed container being secured to the cowling.