Personal watercraft vehicle engine
This paper describes a personal watercraft vehicle engine. It comprises: a crankcase having an upper portion and a lower portion a crankshaft operatively mounted in the crankcase, the crankshaft residing in a substantially horizontal orientation, the crankshaft having a longitudinal axis; a sealed flywheel housing, the sealed flywheel housing being axially aligned with the crankshaft; a flywheel cooperatively connected to the crankshaft, the flywheel residing in the flywheel housing, the flywheel housing being rigidly affixed to the crankcase; the flywheel having a plurality of gear teeth around its periphery; and a starter mounted in an opening defined in a plane parallel to the crankshaft and perpendicular to the starter axis, the starter being perpendicular to the crankshaft, in an upper-most portion of the sealed flywheel housing, the starter having a pinion gear, the pinion gear being engagable with the plurality of gear teeth on the periphery of the flywheel, whereby the starter is not as adversely affected by water.
- Assignee:
- Koronis Parts, Inc., Paynesville, MN (United States)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5072704; A
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-579107
- OSTI ID:
- 5580748
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 6 Sep 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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