IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,167,830
Granted Patent B2
US 11,167,830 · App. 16/911,711 · Granted Nov 9, 2021

Outboard motor

Inventor: Jun Ito (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
B63H20/32
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Patent No.
US 11,167,830
App. No.
16/911,711
Granted
Nov 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An outboard motor includes an outboard-motor main-body, an anti-ventilation plate, and a foreign-matter collection apparatus. The anti-ventilation plate is provided on the outboard-motor main-body. The foreign-matter collection apparatus is provided above the anti-ventilation plate and outside the outboard-motor main-body and located at a height such that a water intake is submerged under water when a ship to which the outboard-motor main-body has been attached is in a pre-planing state.

Claims (25)

1. An outboard motor comprising:

an outboard-motor main-body;

an anti-ventilation plate provided on the outboard-motor main-body; and

a foreign-matter collection apparatus provided above the anti-ventilation plate and outside the outboard-motor main-body and located at a height such that a water intake is submerged under water when a ship to which the outboard-motor main-body has been attached is in a pre-planing state,

wherein the foreign-matter collection apparatus includes a water outlet and a backflow release section for reducing outflow of foreign matter by releasing a backflow flowing through the water outlet toward the water intake.

2. The outboard motor of claim 1 , wherein the foreign-matter collection apparatus further includes a first filter, a second filter including finer pores than the first filter, a first passage extending from the water intake through the first and second filters, and a second passage branched from a portion of the first passage between the water intake and the second filter.

3. The outboard motor of claim 2 , wherein the foreign-matter collection apparatus further includes a first foreign-matter removal port for removing foreign matter caught by the first filter and a second foreign-matter removal port for removing foreign matter caught by the second filter.

4. The outboard motor of claim 1 , wherein a lower edge of the water intake is provided rearward of an upper edge of the water intake with reference to the outboard motor.

5. The outboard motor of claim 1 , further comprising:

an anti-splash plate provided on the outboard-motor main-body,

wherein the water intake is located below the anti-splash plate.

6. The outboard motor of claim 1 , further comprising:

an elastic body located between the foreign-matter collection apparatus and the outboard-motor main-body.

7. An outboard motor comprising:

an outboard-motor main-body;

an anti-ventilation plate provided on the outboard-motor main-body; and

a foreign-matter collection apparatus provided above the anti-ventilation plate and outside the outboard-motor main-body and located at a height such that a water intake is submerged under water when a ship to which the outboard-motor main-body has been attached is in a pre-planing state,

wherein the foreign-matter collection apparatus includes a first filter, a second filter including finer pores than the first filter, a first passage extending from the water intake through the first and second filters, and a second passage branched from a portion of the first passage between the water intake and the second filter.

8. The outboard motor of claim 7 , wherein the foreign-matter collection apparatus further includes a first foreign-matter removal port for removing foreign matter caught by the first filter and a second foreign-matter removal port for removing foreign matter caught by the second filter.

9. The outboard motor of claim 7 , wherein a lower edge of the water intake is provided rearward of an upper edge of the water intake with reference to the outboard motor.

10. The outboard motor of claim 7 , further comprising:

an anti-splash plate provided on the outboard-motor main-body,

wherein the water intake is located below the anti-splash plate.

11. The outboard motor of claim 7 , further comprising:

an elastic body located between the foreign-matter collection apparatus and the outboard-motor main-body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2020
From: ITO, JUN
To: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053037/0826 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-122793 · Jul 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210001970A1 · Jan 7, 2021