Patent ID: 6068528
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B63B,B63H,F01N,F02B

Abstract:
A personal watercraft having a hull in which an engine is mounted, said engine driving a propulsion device carried by said hull for propelling said personal watercraft through a body of water, said engine being provided with an exhaust system for discharging exhaust gases from a combustion chamber of said engine to the atmosphere, said exhaust system including a catalyst bed through which the exhaust gases are passed for treating the exhaust products and removing harmful constituents, a starting system for starting said engine, a sensor for sensing the temperature downstream of said catalyst bed, and means for initiating an engine shutdown procedure if said sensor senses that the temperature that is greater than a predetermined temperature and for precluding said engine from being restarted any condition until said sensed temperature falls below a predetermined, lower safe value.