Title:
小型水上艇
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4291241
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A personal watercraft can be rotated in a correct direction of rotation when the personal watercraft has been overturned, and can thereby be restored to a normal, upright position. The personal watercraft includes a vessel body, an engine, and an exhaust system. The exhaust system includes a muffler, disposed on a first side of the vessel body, and an exhaust pipe connected to the muffler and formed in an inverted U-shape. During operation of the engine, exhaust gas passes through the inverted-U-shaped exhaust pipe and is subsequently discharged to the outside environment via an exhaust port. The exhaust port is disposed on a second side of the vessel body opposite the first side. The vessel body has a hollow water-receiving portion formed therein, on the second side thereof. The water-receiving portion is adapted to be submerged under water when the personal watercraft is overturned in a body of water.
Inventors:
Noboru Yokotani
Takeshi Kimishima
Yasunori Okazaki
Ken Yabu
Takeshi Kimishima
Yasunori Okazaki
Ken Yabu
Application Number:
JP2004272201A
Publication Date:
July 08, 2009
Filing Date:
September 17, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Honda motor industry stock company
International Classes:
B63B35/73; B63H11/08; B63H21/32; F01N1/00; F01N13/08
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoichiro Shimoda
Tamiya Hiroshi
Tamiya Hiroshi