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(11) | EP 4 390 078 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | BOAT PROPULSION DEVICE AND OUTBOARD MOTOR |
| (57) The outboard motor 100 includes a cooling water flow path 200 having an intake port
201 for taking in cooling water from the outside and through which cooling water flows;
and a water pump 210 including an impeller 211 and a pump shaft 212 rotating together
with the impeller 211 to pump the cooling water into the cooling water flow path 200,
wherein the inlet channel 204 of the cooling water flow path 200 from the intake port
201 to the water pump 210 is located in front of the water pump 210 and extends along
the rotation axis Apn of the pump shaft 212, and the inlet 310 that allows the passage
of the cooling water and inhibits entry of foreign objects is placed inside the inlet
channel 204.
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