Patent ID: 8142245

Claim:
An outboard engine unit including an air intake passage system provided in an engine cover for directing external air to an engine, the air intake passage system comprising: an external air intake port provided in a rear portion of a top cover; a passageway section projectinq upwardly from the engine cover for directing external air, taken in via the external air intake port, to the engine; the top cover provided over the engine cover with a gap therebetween such that the external air from the external air intake port is allowed to flow into the passageway section from above the passageway section; and a water discharge section provided between an upper surface of the engine cover and the top cover, wherein water, having entered the air intake passage system together with external air via the external air intake port, flows along the upper surface of the engine cover, bypasses the passageway section and is then discharged via the water discharge section, wherein the engine cover has an upwardly-convexly-curved central portion for directing the water, having entered via the external air intake port, laterally outwardly toward left and right sides of the engine cover, and where the water discharge section comprises a left water discharge section provided between a front left side portion of the top cover and the upper surface of the upper engine cover, and a right water discharge section provided between a front right side portion of the top cover and the upper surface of the upper engine cover.