Patent ID: 6238258
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B63B,B63H,F02B

Abstract:
A personal watercraft comprised of a hull defining a rider's area adapted to accommodate an operator, rider and no more than three additional passengers, an engine compartment formed within said hull and containing an internal combustion engine for driving a water propulsion device for propelling said hull through a body of water, an air fuel injector for injecting fuel and air under high pressure directly into a combustion chamber of said engine, an air compressor for drawing air through an air inlet and discharging air under pressure to said fuel air injector, the inlet for said air compressor being disposed so that it will be above the level of water within the watercraft regardless of whether the watercraft is operating in a normal position, is inverted and is subsequently righted as to ensure against the ingestion of air into the compressor system.