Exhaust gas sampling device for outboard motor

• US 5,560,247 A
• Filed: 09/15/1993
• Issued: 10/01/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Koishikawa, Kouji, Shishido, Motoyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): NOLAND, THOMAS
• Application Number:
  US08/120,963
• Time in Patent Office: 1,112 Days
• Field of Search: 73/863.81, 73/863.85
• US Class Current: 73/863.81
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 20/245 Exhaust gas outlets B63H20/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/00 Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features ; Exhaust or silencing apparatus, or parts thereof, having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01N1/00 - F01N5/00, F01N9/00, F01N11/00
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/004 specially adapted for marine propulsion, i.e. for receiving simultaneously engine exhaust gases and engine cooling water for submerged exhausting F01N13/12; treating exhaust by using liquids F01N3/04
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/08 Other arrangements or adaptations of exhaust conduits pipes, joints or supports therefor in general F16L; collecting or removing exhaust gases of vehicle engines in workshops B08B15/00, on highways E01C1/005
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/12 specially adapted for submerged exhausting
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2590/021 for outboard engines
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/04 using liquids
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/043 without contact between liquid and exhaust gases
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 2075/027 four
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 2075/1808 two
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 61/045 for marine engines
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 75/20 with cylinders all in one line
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 1/2252 in a vehicle exhaust
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Abstract

An exhaust pipe extending from an engine of an outboard motor is covered with an exhaust pipe cover that defines a cooling water passage around an outer periphery of the pipe. An exhaust gas sampling pipe has a base end inserted into the exhaust pipe through the exhaust pipe cover, and a tip end occluded by a detachable plug. The exhaust gas sampling pipe and the plug are accommodated within an engine cover detachably mounted on an upper portion of an undercase, whereby it is protected against rusting due to the deposition of seawater and damaging due to collision against another object.

Claims

1. An exhaust gas sampling device/or an outboard motor comprising an engine, a propeller driven by said engine, case means for rotatably supporting said propeller, cover means detachably mounted on said case means, an exhaust passage for introducing an exhaust gas from said engine to a lower portion of said case means, and an exhaust gas sampling pipe having opposite opened ends and connected at one of said opposite ends to said exhaust passage, wherein

the other of said opposite opened ends of said exhaust gas sampling pipe is disposed within a space which is defined inside said case means and said cover means and which is separated from said exhaust passage, said other opened end of the exhaust gas sampling means being normally closed by a plug means removable while said exhaust gas is being sampled.

2. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 1, wherein said exhaust passage is an exhaust pipe extending from the engine.

3. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 2, wherein an outer periphery of said exhaust pipe is covered with a two-divided exhaust pipe cover to form a cooling-water passage, and said exhaust gas sampling pipe is clamped between matching surfaces of said exhaust pipe cover.

4. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 1, wherein said exhaust passage is formed in a mounting member clamped between the engine and an extension case.

5. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 4, wherein said mounting member is formed with an oil passage substantially in parallel to said exhaust passage, said oil passage being connected to an oil pan, and the exhaust gas sampling pipe mounted in said exhaust passage is disposed at a position which does not interfere with said oil passage.

6. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 1, wherein said cover means is an engine cover covering the engine.

7. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 1, wherein said seat surface of said exhaust gas passage is inclined toward the outside of the outboard motor.

8. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 1, further comprising means for mounting said engine to said cover means, said exhaust passage being defined in said means for mounting said engine to said cover means, said space being defined between said means for mounting said engine to said cover means and one of said case means and said cover means.

9. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 8, wherein an opening is provided in one of said case means and said cover means for providing an access to said exhaust gas sampling pipe from an outside of said outboard motor.

10. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 1, wherein an opening is provided in one of said case means and said cover means for providing an access to said exhaust gas sampling pipe from an outside of said outboard motor.

11. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor comprising an engine, a propeller driven by said engine, case means for rotatably supporting said propeller, cover means detachably mounted on said case means, an exhaust passage for introducing an exhaust gas from said engine to a lower portion of said case means, and an exhaust gas sampling pipe having opposite opened ends and connected at one of said opposite ends to said exhaust passage, wherein

the other of said opposite opened ends of said exhaust gas sampling pipe is disposed within a space which is defined inside said case means and said cover means and which is separated from said exhaust passage, said other opened end of the exhaust gas sampling means being normally closed by a removable plug means, wherein said cover means is an undercover connected to a lower portion of an undercase covering the engine.

12. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor, according to claim 11, wherein said undercover is provided with a circular opening at a location to which said exhaust gas sampling pipe faces.

13. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 12, wherein said circular opening is normally closed by a removable cap.

14. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 11, wherein said undercover is provided with a U-shaped opening at a location to which said exhaust gas sampling pipe faces.

15. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 14, wherein said U-shaped opening is normally closed by a removable cap.

16. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor comprising an engine, a propeller driven by said engine, case means for rotatably supporting said propeller, an exhaust gas outlet passage which connects an exhaust bore in said engine with an exhaust chamber provided in said case means to introduce an exhaust gas from the engine to a lower portion of said case means, and an exhaust gas sampling pipe which is mounted in an outer wall member defining said exhaust gas outlet passage therein and which is connected at one of opposite opened ends thereof to said exhaust gas outlet passage, wherein

said exhaust gas sampling pipe is a stud pipe embedded into said outer wall member, and said outer wall member is formed with a sealing surface against which a removable plug for normally closing the other of said opposite opened ends of said exhaust sampling pipe abuts, said other opened end of the exhaust gas sampling pipe and said removable plug being disposed in a space which is defined inside at least one of said case means and said cover means which is separated from said exhaust gas outlet passage.

17. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 16, wherein cover means is provided for covering said engine and an opening is provided in one of said case means and said cover means for providing an access to said exhaust gas sampling pipe from an outside of said outboard motor.

18. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor comprising an engine, a propeller driven by said engine, case means for rotatably supporting said propeller, an exhaust gas outlet passage which connects an exhaust bore in said engine with an exhaust chamber provided in said case means to introduce an exhaust gas from the engine to a lower portion of said case means, and an exhaust gas sampling pipe which is mounted in an outer wall member defining said exhaust gas outlet passage therein and which is connected at one of opposite opened ends thereof to said exhaust gas outlet passage, wherein

said exhaust gas sampling pipe is a stud pipe embedded into said outer wall member, and said outer wall member is formed with a sealing surface against which a removable plug for normally closing the other of said opposite opened ends of said exhaust sampling pipe abuts, said other opened end of the exhaust gas sampling pipe and said removable plug being disposed in a space which is defined inside said case means and which is separated from said exhaust gas outlet passage, wherein said exhaust gas sampling pipe is formed with an abutment for receiving a jig for threadedly fitting said exhaust gas sampling pipe into said outer wall member.

19. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor comprising an engine, a propeller driven by said engine, case means for rotatably supporting said propeller, cover means detachably mounted to said case means and forming with said case means an internal space, an exhaust passage through which an exhaust gas is passed from said engine to a lower portion of said case means, and an exhaust gas sampling pipe connected at one of opposite opened ends thereof to the exhaust gas passage, wherein

said exhaust gas sampling pipe is formed substantially straight and is mounted from above to a seat surface formed in an upwardly-directed manner on an outer surface of a thick wall defining said exhaust gas passage, and said exhaust gas sampling device further include a removable plug located in an internal passage defined in said cover means and/or said case means for normally closing the other of said opposite opened ends of said exhaust gas sampling pipe, said internal space being separated from said exhaust gas passage.

20. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 19, wherein an opening is provided in one of said case means and said cover means for providing an access to said exhaust gas sampling pipe from an outside of said outboard motor.

21. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor comprising an engine, a propeller driven by said engine, case means for rotatably supporting said propeller, cover means detachably mounted on said cover case means, an exhaust passage for introducing an exhaust gas from said engine to a lower portion of said case means, and an exhaust gas sampling pipe connected to said exhaust passage, wherein

an opened end of said exhaust gas sampling pipe is located within a space which is defined by said case means and said cover means and said cover means is an undercover connected to a lower portion of an undercase covering the engine.

22. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 21, wherein said undercover is provided with a circular opening at a location to which said exhaust gas sampling pipe faces.

23. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor according to claim 21, wherein said undercover is provided with a U-shaped opening at a location to which said exhaust gas sampling pipe faces.

24. An exhaust gas sampling device for an outboard motor comprising an engine, a propeller driven by said engine, case means for rotatably supporting said propeller, cover means detachably mounted on said case means, an exhaust passage for introducing an exhaust gas from said engine to a lower portion of said case means, and an exhaust gas sampling pipe connected to said exhaust passage, wherein

an opened end of said exhaust gas sampling pipe for receiving said exhaust gas from said exhaust passage is disposed in said exhaust passage and an opposite closable end of said exhaust sampling pipe is disposed in a space between said exhaust passage and said cover means.