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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Yoshimoto Matsuda, Kobe, JP;
Yasuo Okada, Akashi, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshimoto Matsuda, Kobe, JP;
Yasuo Okada, Akashi, JP;
Assignee:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H020/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A small watercraft comprises an engine for propelling a body of the watercraft, an oil tank configured to reserve oil for lubricating the engine, an oil separator configured to separate the oil from a blow-by gas of the engine, and an oil return passage configured to return the separated oil to the oil tank, wherein a baffle member is provided in the vicinity of an opening portion at which the oil return passage opens in the oil tank so as to inhibit the oil from moving from a predetermined direction toward the opening portion of the oil return passage within the oil tank.