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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2000
Masayoshi Nanami, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A personal watercraft features a hull defining an engine compartment. An engine is mounted within the engine compartment. The engine comprises a cylinder head, a cylinder body and a crankcase. An induction system supplies air to the engine for combustion. The induction system comprising an intake box, an intake silencer, and a set of intake pipes that extend from the intake box to the engine. The intake pipes extend upward and inward toward the engine. A protective chamber is formed by an inside surface of the intake box, an outside surface of the engine and a lower surface of the pipes. A vapor separator is disposed within this protective chamber. The protective chamber can be augmented by an overhanging portion of the cylinder head, a protrusion from the cylinder body or other extensions from the intake box.