US 7,320,630 B2 | ||
Top cowl for outboard motor and mold for forming top cowl | ||
Daisuke Nakamura, Shizuoka-ken (Japan) | ||
Assigned to Yamaha Marine Kabushiki Kaisha, (Japan) | ||
Filed on Dec. 28, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/320,100. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2004-378525 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2004. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0137646 A1, Jun. 29, 2006 | ||
Int. Cl. B63H 20/32 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 440—77 | 22 Claims |
1. An outboard motor having a cowling comprising a bottom cowl and a top cowl configured to couple to the bottom cowl, the top cowl comprising a top cowl body that surrounds at least a portion of an engine of the outboard motor, the top cowl configured to couple with the bottom cowl, and the top cowl comprising an elongate thickened portion that extends longitudinally along the top cowl body in a fore to aft direction between a front end and a rear end of the top cowl body. |