Marine propulsion device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9540089-B2
Application number	US-201514641563-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2015
Priority date	Jun 20, 2014
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

A marine propulsion device includes an engine, a driving shaft coupled to the engine and configured to transmit power, a first cooling water pump configured to be driven by the driving force of the driving shaft and to pump cooling water to cool the engine, a cooling water path configured to supply the cooling water sent by the first cooling water pump to the engine, and a pressurization mechanism arranged in a water passage upstream of a suction port of the first cooling water pump and configured to apply pressure to the cooling water supplied to the suction port of the first cooling water pump.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A marine propulsion device comprising:
an engine;
a driving shaft coupled to the engine and configured to transmit power;
a first cooling water pump configured to be driven by a driving force of the driving shaft and to pump cooling water to cool the engine;
a cooling water path configured to supply the cooling water pumped by the first cooling water pump to the engine; and
a pressurization mechanism arranged in a water passage upstream of a suction port of the first cooling water pump and configured to apply pressure to the cooling water supplied to the suction port of the first cooling water pump; wherein
the pressurization mechanism includes a rotating body configured to be driven by the driving force of the driving shaft.

2. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotating body of the pressurization mechanism includes a vaned wheel.

3. The marine propulsion device according to claim 2 , wherein the first cooling water pump includes an impeller made of rubber, and the vaned wheel of the pressurization mechanism is made of a material harder than the rubber of the impeller of the first cooling water pump.

4. The marine propulsion device according to claim 3 , wherein the vaned wheel of the pressurization mechanism is made of a resin other than rubber, or made of a metal.

5. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressurization mechanism includes a second cooling water pump configured to apply pressure to the cooling water by rotation of the rotating body.

6. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotating body of the pressurization mechanism is configured to rotate coaxially with an impeller of the first cooling water pump.

7. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressurization mechanism includes a suction port, and the suction port of the pressurization mechanism is arranged in an axial direction of the rotating body.

8. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressurization mechanism includes a suction port, and the suction port of the pressurization mechanism is arranged in an outer peripheral portion of the pressurization mechanism.

9. The marine propulsion device according to claim 8 , wherein a housing of the pressurization mechanism and a housing of the first cooling water pump are provided with a path configured to allow a discharge port of the pressurization mechanism and the suction port of the first cooling water pump to communicate with each other.

10. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the suction port of the first cooling water pump is arranged in an outer peripheral portion of the first cooling water pump.

11. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the first cooling water pump includes an impeller configured to rotate in an eccentric manner, and a center of a rotation region of the impeller and a center of a rotation region of the rotating body in the pressurization mechanism are deviated from each other in a plan view of the marine propulsion device.

12. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the first cooling water pump and the pressurization mechanism are arranged in a vertical direction so as to overlap each other in a plan view of the marine propulsion device.

13. The marine propulsion device according to claim 12 , wherein the pressurization mechanism is arranged below the first cooling water pump.

14. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the first cooling water pump and the pressurization mechanism are arranged on an upper surface of a lower case of the marine propulsion device.

15. The marine propulsion device according to claim 14 , wherein the pressurization mechanism is arranged between the lower case of the marine propulsion device and the first cooling water pump.

16. The marine propulsion device according to claim 14 , wherein the first cooling water pump and the pressurization mechanism are fixed to the upper surface of the lower case of the marine propulsion device by a common fastener member in a state where the first cooling water pump and the pressurization mechanism are stacked in a vertical direction.

17. A marine propulsion device comprising:
an engine;
a driving shaft coupled to the engine and configured to transmit power;
a cooling water pump configured to be driven by a driving force of the driving shaft and to pump cooling water to cool the engine;
a cooling water path configured to supply the cooling water pumped by the cooling water pump to the engine; and
a vaned wheel arranged in a water passage upstream of a suction port of the cooling water pump.

18. A marine propulsion device comprising:
an engine;
a driving shaft coupled to the engine and configured to transmit power;
a first cooling water pump configured to be driven by a driving force of the driving shaft and to pump cooling water to cool the engine;
a cooling water path configured to supply the cooling water pumped by the first cooling water pump to the engine; and
a second cooling water pump arranged in a water passage upstream of a suction port of the first cooling water pump.

Assignees

• Yamaha Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oguma Takahiro
• Kumita Atsushi

Classifications

• B63H20/20

  with provision for reverse drive · CPC title

• B63H20/28 Primary

  Arrangements, apparatus and methods for handling cooling-water in outboard drives, e.g.} cooling-water intakes {(cooling circuits for outboard marine engines F01P3/202) · CPC title