Patent ID: 6699088
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B63B,B63H,F02B

Abstract:
An engine mount structure for a personal watercraft wherein an engine for driving a jet propulsion pump is mounted within a body of the watercraft having a hull and a deck, the engine (1) provided with a supercharger, an intercooler connected to the supercharger and a surge tank (2) having an upper case and a lower case that are joined along a transverse plane parallel to a crankshaft of the engine and (3) being mounted within the watercraft body in a state of inclination to one side about said crankshaft, whereby the inclination of the engine presents one side thereof facing obliquely upwardly and presents the other side thereof facing obliquely downwardly; the engine mount structure comprising:mount portions provided on both sides of the engine for fastening to mounting surfaces within the watercraft body, the mount portions on one side of the engine being joined to the lower case, and the mount portions on the other side of the engine being joined to the upper case; the mount portions joined to the lower case being positioned on the upwardly facing side of the engine; the mount portions joined to the upper case being positioned on the downwardly facing side of the engine; an intake port provided on the upwardly facing side of the engine; the intercooler and the surge tank being connected to the intake port; and; an exhaust port provided on the downwardly facing side of the engine.