Abstract: An outboard motor includes a propulsion unit having a power head which includes an internal combustion engine, a lower unit including a drive shaft housing fixed to the engine and a propeller shaft joined by the lower unit driven by the engine and having thereon a propeller. A cowling extends over the engine downwardly to the drive shaft housing defining an enclosed space containing the engine. An opening is provided to the enclosed space proximate the juncture between the cowling and the drive shaft housing. A plurality of electrical cables enter the enclosed space through the opening. A sealed housing is mounted to a side of the engine and contains a plurality of electrical devises for operating the engine. The cables connect to preselected devices by means of water-tight connections on the housing.

Abstract: A marine propulsion device comprising a propulsion unit including an internal combustion engine, the engine comprising a cylinder, a water jacket, a water jacket inlet port communicating with the water jacket, and a lower face having therein an exhaust outlet port communicating with the cylinder, the propulsion unit also including a drive shaft housing having a lower end, a gearcase connected to the lower end of the drive shaft housing, a propeller rotatably supported by the gearcase, a drive shaft which extends through the drive shaft housing and which includes an upper end driven by the engine and a lower end drivingly connected to the propeller, and an exhaust housing located at least partially within the drive shaft housing and connected to the lower face of the engine, the exhaust housing comprising an exhaust passage located interiorly of the exhaust housing and communicating with the exhaust outlet port, a water intake port, and a water intake passage located interiorly of the exhaust housing and commu

Abstract: A marine propulsion device comprising a transom bracket adapted to be mounted on the transom of a boat and having a side and upper surface, the marine propulsion device further comprising a swivel bracket mounted on the transom bracket for pivotal movement relative to the transom bracket about a generally horizontal tilt axis and between an operating position and a raised position, a propulsion unit including a rotatably mounted propeller and being mounted on the swivel bracket for pivotal movement relative to the swivel bracket about a generally vertical steering axis, a tilt lock shaft having first and second ends extending through the swivel bracket along a second generally horizontal axis spaced rearwardly from and substantially parallel to the tilt axis, a lever member mounted on the shaft and including a contact pad extending parallel to and radially offset from the second axis and further including at least one leg extending substantially perpendicularly relative to the contact pad, and manually operab

Abstract: A foam mold pattern for making an engine block in a lost foam casting process, the pattern comprising an upper portion including a cylinder bore upper portion, and an upper portion of an exhaust port and an upper portion of an inlet port communicating with the cylinder bore upper portion, and a lower portion including a cylinder bore lower portion and being attached to the pattern upper portion such that the cylinder bore lower portion is aligned with the cylinder bore upper portion.