Patent ID: 8089002

Claim:
A cable insertion structure arranged to allow a cable to be inserted through an outer casing of an outboard motor, the cable insertion structure comprising: a grommet; and a cap arranged to fix the grommet to the outer casing; wherein the grommet includes: a communicating section tightly fitted into a through hole provided in the outer casing and that includes a communicating hole arranged to communicate with inner and outer surfaces of the outer casing; an inner collar section arranged to tightly abut on the inner surface of the outer casing around the through hole on both sides of the communicating section; and an outer collar section arranged to tightly abut on the outer surface of the outer casing around the through hole on both sides of the communicating section; and the cap includes: a pressing section arranged to abut on the inner collar section of the grommet; a supporting section arranged to extend from the pressing section, that is tightly fitted into the communicating hole of the communicating section, and that includes an insertion hole through which the cable is inserted; and a pawl section located on an end of the supporting section in an extending direction and arranged to sandwich the communicating section of the grommet with the pressing section.