Outboard motor having a cowling

Details Outboard motor having a cowling Outboard motor having a cowling

2008-04-29

2008-04-29

Swinehart, Ed (Department: 3617)

Marine propulsion

Screw propeller

Propulsion unit casing

Reexamination Certificate

active

11320371

ABSTRACT:
An outboard motor1has a cowling10of a two-piece structure including a top cowl11and a bottom cowl12. Mating portions of the top and bottom cowls include a watertight seal. A first, horizontally-directed sealing portion is not visible from outside the cowling. A second, vertically-directed sealing portion is positioned inwardly from the first sealing portion. In some embodiments, an elongate rib depends from the top cowl generally into the bottom cowl. In other embodiments, the second sealing portion is positioned generally above the first sealing portion.

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