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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2007
Takayoshi Miura, Saitama, JP;
Masatsugu Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Hoi, Saitama, JP;
Yoshitaka Hayama, Saitama, JP;
Takayoshi Miura, Saitama, JP;
Masatsugu Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Hoi, Saitama, JP;
Yoshitaka Hayama, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air intake structure for a small watercraft for ensuring the capacity of an inter-cooler and for connecting the inter-cooler to a supercharger by a simply shaped communicating portion. In an air intake structure for a small watercraft, an intake passage and an exhaust passage can be disposed on the left side and the right side, respectively, of a plurality of cylinders. A turbocharger is disposed rearwardly of the engine with the turbocharger is connected to an intake passage via an inter-cooler. In addition, the inter-cooler is disposed rearwardly of the engine, with the distribution passage being disposed forwardly of and on the left side of the inter-cooler so as to extend in the forward and rearward direction. The inter-cooler is connected to the rear end of the distribution passage with an intake pipe contiguous to cylinders being bent rearwardly along a side surface of the engine body.