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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Noriyoshi Hiraoka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masaki Okazaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12318447 ; 12318457 ;
Abstract
A protective cowling and air silencing device for the power head of a watercraft propulsion unit. The cowling is provided with an atmospheric air inlet opening, and a duct is provided internally in the cowling for assisting in water separation by directing the inlet air downwardly toward a drain opening. The engine is provided with charge formers that have an air silencing device that is provided with at least one resonating chamber on the side of the charge former and which communicates with a delivery passage of the device through a tuning neck for silencing purposes.