Outboard motor and marine vessel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11454158-B2
Application number	US-202016874736-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2020
Priority date	May 20, 2019
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

An outboard motor includes an engine, a first cooling water passage to cool a first cooling target including the engine and through which first cooling water including water from outside an outboard motor body passes, a first pump to pump the first cooling water from outside the outboard motor body to the first cooling water passage, a second cooling water passage to cool a second cooling target different from the first cooling target and through which second cooling water different from the first cooling water passes, and a second pump to pump the second cooling water to the second cooling water passage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An outboard motor comprising:
an engine;
a first cooling water passage to cool a first cooling target including the engine and through which first cooling water including water from outside an outboard motor body passes;
a first pump to pump the first cooling water from outside the outboard motor body to the first cooling water passage;
a second cooling water passage to cool a second cooling target different from the first cooling target and through which second cooling water different from the first cooling water passes without passing through the engine; and
a second pump to pump the second cooling water to the second cooling water passage.

2. The outboard motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the first pump is an engine-driven pump driven by a drive shaft that transmits a drive force of the engine to a propeller; and
the second pump is an electric pump.

3. The outboard motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the first pump is a positive-displacement pump; and
the second pump is a non-positive displacement pump.

4. The outboard motor according to claim 1 , wherein the second cooling water circulates in the second cooling water passage.

5. The outboard motor according to claim 4 , further comprising a first heat exchanger to cool the second cooling water with the first cooling water.

6. The outboard motor according to claim 5 , wherein the first cooling water passage is branched from upstream to downstream into two passages including a main passage that passes through the engine as the first cooling target and a secondary passage that passes through the first heat exchanger.

7. The outboard motor according to claim 6 , wherein
the first cooling target includes the engine and a predetermined cooling target in the secondary passage that is different from the engine; and
the first heat exchanger is located downstream of the predetermined cooling target of the first cooling target in the secondary passage.

8. The outboard motor according to claim 6 , wherein
the first cooling target includes the engine and a predetermined cooling target that is different from the engine; and
the first cooling target includes an exhaust manifold as the predetermined cooling target at, adjacent to, or in a vicinity of a branch point at which the first cooling water passage is branched into the main passage and the secondary passage.

9. The outboard motor according to claim 1 , wherein the second cooling target includes an electrical component, and the second cooling water passage is disposed along the electrical component to cool the electrical component with the second cooling water.

10. The outboard motor according to claim 9 , wherein
the second pump is an electric pump; and
the electrical component includes a component of a power supply system that supplies electric power to each of the outboard motor and an electric motor of the electric pump.

11. The outboard motor according to claim 9 , further comprising a second heat exchanger to cool engine oil with the first cooling water.

12. The outboard motor according to claim 9 , wherein
the first cooling target includes the engine and a predetermined cooling target that is different from the engine; and
the first cooling target includes a fuel tank as the predetermined cooling target, and the first cooling water passage is disposed along the fuel tank to cool fuel in the fuel tank with the first cooling water.

13. The outboard motor according to claim 11 , further comprising a first heat exchanger to cool the second cooling water with the first cooling water; wherein
the first cooling water passage cools one of the engine oil and fuel in a fuel tank with the first cooling water; and
the second cooling water passage cools the other of the engine oil and the fuel in the fuel tank with the second cooling water.

14. The outboard motor according to claim 10 , wherein the component of the power supply system is disposed adjacent to or in a vicinity of an engine control unit.

15. A marine vessel comprising:
a hull; and
an outboard motor attached to the hull; wherein
the outboard motor includes:
an engine;
a first cooling water passage to cool a first cooling target including the engine and through which first cooling water including water from outside an outboard motor body passes;
a first pump to pump the first cooling water from outside the outboard motor body to the first cooling water passage;
a second cooling water passage to cool a second cooling target different from the first cooling target and through which second cooling water different from the first cooling water passes without passing through the engine; and
a second pump to pump the second cooling water to the second cooling water passage.

16. The marine vessel according to claim 15 , wherein
the first pump is an engine-driven pump driven by a drive shaft that transmits a drive force of the engine to a propeller; and
the second pump is an electric pump.

17. The marine vessel according to claim 15 , wherein
the first pump is a positive-displacement pump; and
the second pump is a non-positive displacement pump.

18. The marine vessel according to claim 15 , wherein the second cooling water circulates in the second cooling water passage.

19. The marine vessel according to claim 18 , wherein the outboard motor further includes a heat exchanger to cool the second cooling water with the first cooling water.

20. The marine vessel according to claim 15 , wherein the second cooling target includes an electrical component, and the second cooling water passage is disposed along the electrical component to cool the electrical component with the second cooling water.

Assignees

• Yamaha Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Saruwatari Kimitaka

Classifications

• F01P2050/06

  using liquid-to-liquid heat exchangers · CPC title

• F01P2060/04

  Lubricant cooler · CPC title

• F01P2060/16

  Outlet manifold · CPC title

• F01P3/202 Primary

  for outboard marine engines · CPC title

• F01P5/12

  Pump-driving arrangements · CPC title