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(11) EP 0 887 527 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.12.1998 Bulletin 1998/53

(21) Application number: 98111762.5

(22) Date of filing: 25.06.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: F02B 61/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 25.06.1997 JP 168730/97
13.01.1998 JP 4810/98

(71) Applicant: SANSHIN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Hamamatsu-shi Shizuoka-ken (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kameoka, Kentaro
    Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuokaken (JP)
  • Tasaka, Yoshiaki
    Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuokaken (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Outboard motor for a boat


(57) An outboard motor which can be mounted at the stem of a boat comprises a boat-side fuel tank (60) which is installed on the boat side, a fuel tank (29) on the outboard motor side which is installed near the front portion of an engine (21), a fuel pump (50) which supplies fuel to the engine, and a fuel changeover cock (37) which selectively switches the fuel tank on the boat side and the fuel tank on the outboard motor side to the fuel pump, and in which the fuel changeover cock (37) is installed below the fuel tank (29) on the outboard motor side. This results in short and compact piping of the fuel supply system. Moreover, the changeover valve can be switched so as to connect the fuel tanks thereby facilitating the filling of the tanks on the motor side.






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