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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2003
Jun Nakajima, Saitama, JP;
Takayoshi Miura, Saitama, JP;
Yusuke Funayose, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A battery mounting structure for a small watercraft is constructed and arranged to improve turning performance of the craft and to provide waterproofing protection. A vessel bodyincludes a hull, constituting a lower portion of the vessel body, and a deckfor covering on top of the hull. An engineis disposed in the vessel body, with a drive shaftextending rearward from the enginefor driving a propeller, and a drive shaft supporting boxfor supporting the drive shaft at the midsection thereof. The inventive mounting structure is substantially centrally located, so that the batterycan be disposed on the drive shaft supporting box