Patent ID: 6688288
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
An in-line multi-cylinder internal combustion engine for use in a personal vehicle or watercraft, said engine having a length along a cylinder block of said engine, comprising:a cylinder head attached to the cylinder block; an air induction system and a combustion gas exhaust system, each extending along a longitudinal axis generally in a direction along said length along the cylinder block, and both said systems having an outer extremity at least a portion of which extends upwardly beyond said cylinder head so as to define an external limit of said engine; a fuel rail extending longitudinally along said length along the cylinder block parallel with the longitudinal axes of said air induction system and said combustion gas exhaust system and mounted on the cylinder head between said air induction system and said combustion gas exhaust system, said fuel rail overlying and being in fuel transfer communication with respective fuel injector units located in the cylinder head, and each said fuel injector unit communicating with a respective cylinder of the engine, said fuel rail having an outermost portion retained internal to the external limit of the engine.