Exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft

• US 6,679,742 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2002
• Issued: 01/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Miura, Takayoshi, Tsuchiya, Masahiko, Yokoya, Noboru
• Primary Examiner(s): SWINEHART, EDWIN L
• Application Number:
  US10/178,735
• Publication Number:
  US 20030013363A1
• Time in Patent Office: 574 Days
• Field of Search: 181/264, 440/89.R, 440/89.J
• US Class Current: 440/89.00J
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 34/10 Power-driven personal watercraft, e.g. water scooters water jet propulsion B63H11/00; jet steering B63H25/46; Accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 11/08 of rotary type
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 21/24 the vessels being small craft, e.g. racing boats
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 21/32 Arrangements of propulsion power-unit exhaust uptakes; Funnels peculiar to vessels
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 1/02 by using resonance
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/004 specially adapted for marine propulsion, i.e. for receiving simultaneously engine exhaust gases and engine cooling water for submerged exhausting F01N13/12; treating exhaust by using liquids F01N3/04
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/12 specially adapted for submerged exhausting
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2590/022 for jetskis

Abstract

To provide an exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft which can simply achieve a reduction of the exhaust noise. In the exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft, a water jet propeller is provided in a pump room of a watercraft body. An engine for driving the watercraft is connected to the water jet propeller. An exhaust opening of an exhaust pipe is attached to the engine and is exposed to a pump room. A resonator for sound deadening is provided for the exhaust pipe. Further, in the exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft, the resonator is bent in a meandering state such that bent portions thereof are positioned adjacent to each other so that the entire resonator has a substantially flat plate-like configuration. The resonator having a plate-like configuration is laid along a ceiling wall of the pump room.

Claims

1. An exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft wherein a water jet propeller is provided in a pump room of a watercraft body and an engine for driving is connected to said water jet propeller, and an exhaust opening of an exhaust pipe attached to said engine is exposed to a pump room comprising:

a resonator for sound deadening, said resonator being operatively connected to said exhaust pipe;

said resonator being bent in a meandering state wherein bent portions thereof are positioned adjacent to each other so that said entire resonator has a substantially flat plate-like configuration.

2. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 1, wherein said resonator having the flat plate-like configuration extends along a wall face of said watercraft body.

3. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 2, wherein said wall face of said watercraft body along which said resonator extends is a ceiling wall of said pump room, and an exhaust opening of a communicating pipe extending through said ceiling wall is in communication with said resonator extending along said ceiling wall.

4. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 1, wherein said resonator includes a first bent portion that is bent by approximately 180°

relative to a base portion of the resonator and a first extending portion that extends from said first bent portion along a side of the base portion.

5. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 4, wherein said resonator includes a second bent portion that is bent by approximately 180°

relative to the first extending portion and a second extending portion that extends from said second bent portion along a side of the first extending portion.

6. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 5, wherein said resonator includes a third bent portion that is bent by approximately 90°

relative to the second extending portion and a third extending portion that extends from said third bent portion along a side of the first bent portion and the base portion.

7. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 4, and further including a first rib formed between said base portion and said first bent portion for providing an integral connection therebetween.

8. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 5, and further including a second rib formed between said first bent portion and said second bent portion for providing an integral connection therebetween.

9. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 1, and further including a mounting bracket secured to said resonator for mounting said resonator relative to said watercraft body.

10. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 1, and further including a projection extending into a space in communication with the exhaust and further including openings formed on each side of said projection for discharging exhaust from said resonator.

11. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 1, wherein said resonator is secured to said exhaust pipe and formed as a part thereof.

12. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 3, wherein said water jet propeller and a reverse basket are accommodated in said pump room, and a sound insulating member is provided for both or one of said water jet propeller and said reverse basket such that said pump chamber is closed.

13. An exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft comprising:

a watercraft body;

an exhaust pipe, said exhaust pipe being adapted to be connected to an engine for said watercraft body;

an exhaust opening for said exhaust pipe, said exhaust opening being in communication with an area within said watercraft body; and

a resonator for sound deadening, said resonator being operatively connected to said exhaust pipe;

said resonator being bent in a meandering state wherein the bent portions thereof are positioned adjacent to each other so that said entire resonator has a substantially flat plate-like configuration.

14. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 13, wherein said resonator having the flat plate-like configuration extends along a wall face of said watercraft body.

15. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 14, wherein said wall face of said watercraft body along which said resonator extends is a ceiling wall of a pump room, and an exhaust opening of a communicating pipe extending through said ceiling wall is in communication with said resonator extending along said ceiling wall.

16. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 13, wherein said resonator includes a first bent portion that is bent by approximately 180°

relative to a base portion of the resonator and a first extending portion that extends from said first bent portion along a side of the base portion.

17. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 16, wherein said resonator includes a second bent portion that is bent by approximately 180°

relative to the first extending portion and a second extending portion that extends from said second bent portion along a side of the first extending portion.

18. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 17, wherein said resonator includes a third bent portion that is bent by approximately 90°

relative to the second extending portion and a third extending portion that extends from said third bent portion along a side of the first bent portion and the base portion.

19. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 16, and further including a first rib formed between said base portion and said first bent portion for providing an integral connection therebetween.

20. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 17, and further including a second rib formed between said first bent portion and said second bent portion for providing an integral connection therebetween.

21. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 13, and further including a mounting bracket secured to said resonator for mounting said resonator relative to said watercraft body.

22. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 13, and further including a projection extending into a space in communication with the exhaust and further including openings formed on each side of said projection for discharging exhaust from said resonator.

23. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 13, wherein said resonator is secured to said exhaust pipe and formed as a part thereof.

24. The exhaust structure for a jet propulsion watercraft according to claim 15, wherein said water jet propeller and a reverse basket are accommodated in said pump room, and a sound insulating member is provided for both or one of said water jet propeller and said reverse basket such that said pump chamber is closed.