Patent ID: 8690623

Claim:
An outboard motor comprising: a V-shaped 4-cycle engine including a crankshaft extending in a vertical direction; a left bank extending in an obliquely rearward and leftward direction which includes a cylinder having a cylinder axis line extending in an obliquely rearward and leftward direction; and a right bank extending in an obliquely rearward and rightward direction which includes a cylinder having a cylinder axis line extending in an obliquely rearward and rightward direction; wherein the left bank includes a combustion chamber provided in the cylinder, an intake port arranged to the right of the cylinder axis line and in communication with the combustion chamber, and an exhaust port arranged to the left of the cylinder axis line and in communication with the combustion chamber; the right bank includes a combustion chamber provided in the cylinder, an intake port arranged to the left of the cylinder axis line and in communication with the combustion chamber, and an exhaust port arranged to the right of the cylinder axis line and in communication with the combustion chamber; and the outboard motor further comprises: a left intake path including a left path connected to the intake port in the left bank and extending from the intake port in an obliquely rearward and rightward direction; a right intake path including a right path connected to the intake port in the right bank and extending from the intake port in an obliquely rearward and leftward direction; a left fuel injection device located to the right of the cylinder axis line in the left bank to directly inject fuel into the combustion chamber in the left bank; and a right fuel injection device located to the left of the cylinder axis line in the right bank to directly inject fuel into the combustion chamber in the right bank.