Abstract: An outboard motor includes a steering mechanism switchable between a state in which a pinion is rotated by a first drive source such that an outboard motor body is steerable within a first steering angle range, and a state in which the pinion is rotated by a second drive source such that the outboard motor body is steerable within a second steering angle range different from the first steering angle range.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes a steering including a first steering to rotate a first lower portion of the outboard motor in a right-left direction with respect to a hull, and a second steering to integrally rotate the first lower portion and a second lower portion of the outboard motor in the right-left direction with respect to the hull. The steering does not rotate an upper portion of the outboard motor in the right-left direction with respect to the hull.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an upper case located between an engine and a propulsion unit. The upper case includes case parts that are separate from each other and assembled together. The case parts include a first case part and a second case part opposing each other in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to an axis of a drive shaft.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outboard motor body including a propulsion generator and an engine to drive the propulsion generator, a pair of clamp brackets, a swivel bracket provided between the pair of clamp brackets and rotatable in an upward-downward direction with respect to the pair of clamp brackets while supporting the outboard motor body, and an electrical wiring extending from a position between the pair of clamp brackets upward to the outboard motor body through the swivel bracket and connected to the outboard motor body.

Abstract: A suspension structure includes a clamp bracket attachable to a hull, a main load bearing portion to support an outboard motor body to mainly bear the weight of the outboard motor body, a tilt shaft, a coupling, and a cylinder to change a trim angle or a tilt angle of the outboard motor body. The coupling includes a first end rotatably supported by the tilt shaft, and a second end fixed to the main load bearing portion. The cylinder includes a first end supported by the clamp bracket at a position lower than the tilt shaft and rotatable about a first rotation shaft in an up-down direction, and a second end supporting the coupling and rotatable about a second rotation shaft in the up-down direction. The second rotation shaft is provided in or near the main load bearing portion.

Abstract: A suspension structure for an outboard motor and an outboard motor includes a clamp bracket, a main body support having a lowest position in a tilt-down state among portions supporting an outboard motor main body except for the clamp bracket, and a coupling fixed to the main body support and supported turnably about a tilt shaft at a first position and a second position in an axial direction of the tilt shaft. The main body support is between the first position and the second position and parallel to the axial direction of the tilt shaft. In the tilt-down state, the main body support is lower than the first position and the second position, and an imaginary triangle is defined by the first position, the second position, and the main body support as vertices when viewed from a rear.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an attachment attached to a hull, and a support vertically rotatably connected to the attachment and horizontally rotatably supporting an outboard motor main unit. The support includes an upper support and a lower support. The outboard motor includes a left reinforcement that includes a left upper connector connected to the upper support and a left lower connector connected to the lower support, and a right reinforcement that includes a right upper connector connected to the upper support and a right lower connector connected to the lower support. The left upper connector is located leftward of a left side of the upper support. The right upper connector is located rightward of a right side of the upper support.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes a first housing, a second housing, a propeller shaft, and a steering mechanism. The steering mechanism includes a first pinion gear, a second pinion gear, a first rack, and a second rack. The first pinion gear is connected to the first housing or the second housing. The second pinion gear is connected to the first pinion gear. The first rack includes first teeth. The first teeth mesh with the first pinion gear and are arranged side by side with each other in a first direction. The first rack is movable in the first direction. The second rack includes second teeth. The second teeth mesh with the second pinion gear and are arranged side by side with each other in a second direction. The second teeth have a smaller module than the plurality of first teeth. The second rack is movable in the second direction.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes a first housing, a second housing, and a steering mechanism. The steering mechanism is operable to steer the second housing around a steering axis. The steering mechanism includes a pinion gear, a first rack, and a second rack. The pinion gear is connected to the first housing or the second housing. The first rack includes first teeth and a first relief portion. The first teeth mesh with the pinion gear and are arranged side by side with each other in a first direction. The first relief portion does not mesh with the pinion gear and allows the pinion gear to idle. The first rack is movable in the first direction. The second rack includes second teeth. The second teeth mesh with the pinion gear and are arranged side by side with each other in a second direction. The second rack is movable in the second direction.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes a steering mechanism switchable between a state in which a pinion is rotated by a first drive source such that an outboard motor body is steerable within a first steering angle range, and a state in which the pinion is rotated by a second drive source such that the outboard motor body is steerable within a second steering angle range different from the first steering angle range.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes a tilt shaft, an engine assembly, and a cowl. The tilt shaft defines a horizontal tilt axis during a tilting action of the outboard motor. At least a portion of the engine assembly is above the tilt axis in a tilt-down state of the outboard motor. The cowl accommodates at least a portion of the engine assembly. The tilt shaft includes a first shaft and a second shaft which are spaced apart and coaxial with each other. A portion of the cowl is between the first shaft and the second shaft.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes a steering mechanism including a pinion located in a central portion of an outboard motor body in a right-left direction and operable to rotate together with the outboard motor body, and a rack operable to linearly move to rotate the pinion, and extending along a forward-rearward direction of the outboard motor body.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes a steering mechanism including a pinion located in a central portion of an outboard motor body in a right-left direction and operable to rotate together with the outboard motor body, a rack operable to linearly move to rotate the pinion, and a rack position detector on a first side of the rack opposite to the pinion to detect a position of the rack.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outboard motor main body and a mount assembly to mount the outboard motor main body to a hull. The mount assembly includes a clamp bracket to be fixed to the hull, a swivel bracket to support the outboard motor main body, and a hydraulic cylinder. The swivel bracket is coupled to the clamp bracket through a tilt shaft and turnable around the tilt shaft. The hydraulic cylinder is located between the clamp bracket and the swivel bracket and is able to turn the swivel bracket around the tilt shaft with respect to the clamp bracket. The outboard motor includes a gas damper to damp an external force that acts in a telescopic direction of the hydraulic cylinder.

Abstract: A suspension structure includes a clamp bracket attachable to a hull, a main load bearing portion to support an outboard motor body to mainly bear the weight of the outboard motor body, a tilt shaft, a coupling, and a cylinder to change a trim angle or a tilt angle of the outboard motor body. The coupling includes a first end rotatably supported by the tilt shaft, and a second end fixed to the main load bearing portion. The cylinder includes a first end supported by the clamp bracket at a position lower than the tilt shaft and rotatable about a first rotation shaft in an up-down direction, and a second end supporting the coupling and rotatable about a second rotation shaft in the up-down direction. The second rotation shaft is provided in or near the main load bearing portion.

Abstract: A suspension structure for an outboard motor and an outboard motor includes a clamp bracket, a main body support having a lowest position in a tilt-down state among portions supporting an outboard motor main body except for the clamp bracket, and a coupling fixed to the main body support and supported turnably about a tilt shaft at a first position and a second position in an axial direction of the tilt shaft. The main body support is between the first position and the second position and parallel to the axial direction of the tilt shaft. In the tilt-down state, the main body support is lower than the first position and the second position, and an imaginary triangle is defined by the first position, the second position, and the main body support as vertices when viewed from a rear.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outboard motor body, a steering shaft, a steering cylinder including a piston rod extending in a right-left direction of the outboard motor body, a piston fixed to the piston rod, and a cylinder body including an oil chamber and the piston therein, and an oil passage inside the piston rod and connected to the oil chamber. The steering cylinder is operable to rotate the steering shaft and the outboard motor body in the right-left direction by adjusting an amount of oil in the oil chamber and moving the cylinder body in the right-left direction.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an oil chamber, an oil passage connected to the oil chamber via an oil passage connection port, and an air guide, located in a vicinity of or adjacent to the oil passage connection port in a right-left direction of an outboard motor body, to guide air remaining in the oil chamber to the oil passage connection port when hydraulic oil is discharged from the oil chamber via the oil passage.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outboard motor body including a propulsion generator and an engine to drive the propulsion generator, a pair of clamp brackets, a swivel bracket provided between the pair of clamp brackets and rotatable in an upward-downward direction with respect to the pair of clamp brackets while supporting the outboard motor body, and an electrical wiring extending from a position between the pair of clamp brackets upward to the outboard motor body through the swivel bracket and connected to the outboard motor body.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an attachment attached to a hull, and a support vertically rotatably connected to the attachment and horizontally rotatably supporting an outboard motor main unit. The support includes an upper support and a lower support. The outboard motor includes a left reinforcement that includes a left upper connector connected to the upper support and a left lower connector connected to the lower support, and a right reinforcement that includes a right upper connector connected to the upper support and a right lower connector connected to the lower support. The left upper connector is located leftward of a left side of the upper support. The right upper connector is located rightward of a right side of the upper support.