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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuhiko Henmi, Iwata, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ; F02M / ; F02B / ; B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12318446 ; 123 / ; 261 342 ; 440 88 ;
Abstract
A fuel increasing mechanism for supplying fuel to an engine positioned in an engine compartment defined by a hull of a watercraft is disclosed. The engine is arranged to power a water propulsion device associated with the watercraft and has a body defining at least one combustion chamber. The engine includes an intake system for routing air to the combustion chamber, the intake system extending from the body of the engine. The fuel increasing mechanism includes an accelerating pump for supplying fuel to air passing through the intake system, the accelerating pump positioned on a side of the intake system generally opposite the body of the engine.