Patent ID: 6475046
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: F01M,F02B,F05C

Abstract:
A small watercraft comprising a hull defining an engine compartment, an internal combustion engine supported within the engine compartment and having an engine body defining at least one cylinder bore therein, the engine body defining a crankcase having a crankshaft rotatably supported therein, at least one oil cover connected to the engine body and defining an oil cavity therebetween, at least one oil gallery defined within the engine body, an oil pump configured to circulate oil between the oil cavity and the oil gallery, the oil pump having an inlet configured to draw oil from the oil cavity at a position toward a rear end of the engine, the oil cover including at least one baffle on a bottom surface of the oil cavity and being configured to impede a flow of oil in a forward direction away from the oil pump inlet, the baffle being skewed relative to a longitudinal axis of the watercraft.