Patent ID: 6263851
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: F02B,F02M

Abstract:
An air inlet device for an engine powering a water propulsion device of a watercraft, said watercraft having a hull defining an engine compartment in which said engine is positioned, said engine having a body defining at least one combustion chamber and having an output shaft arranged to drive said water propulsion device, said engine including said air inlet device through which air is supplied to said combustion chamber, said air inlet device including an intake pipe extending outwardly from said engine to a distal end and an air box connected to said distal end, said air box having a top and a bottom and defining an interior air chamber, an air inlet provided near said top of said air box and opening into said interior air chamber near a top of said chamber, and a drain provided through said bottom of said air box, said intake pipe having a passage therethrough leading from said interior air chamber of said air box to said engine, said air box having a width at said top which is greater than a width at said bottom.