Patent ID: 6565399
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: B63B,F01N,F01P,F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
A personal watercraft having a hull defining a rider's area sized to accommodate at least one rider, the hull having a longitudinal center line and defining an engine compartment containing an internal combustion engine having at least one exhaust port and an output shaft, a propulsion device carried by the hull and driven by the engine output shaft for propelling the watercraft, an exhaust system for conveying exhaust gases from the engine exhaust port to a discharge end of the exhaust system, at least one section of the exhaust system crossing over the longitudinal center line at a point behind a front end of the engine, and a catalyzer in the exhaust system for treating the exhaust gases before discharge to the atmosphere, the catalyzer being disposed upstream of the section of the exhaust system crossing over the longitudinal center line, an induction system for the engine including an atmospheric air inlet through which air is drawn into the engine from within the engine compartment, at least a portion of the catalyzer being disposed vertically at a point higher than the atmospheric air inlet.