Abstract:
A transmission configured to change a gear position by rotation of a shift drum operative in association with an operation of a change pedal, including a potentiometer configured to detect a rotational angle of the shift drum; and a determiner configured to determine a gear position based on whether or not a value of a signal output from the potentiometer falls within a determination band having a predetermined range.
Abstract:
An engine for a leisure vehicle including a crank chamber in which a crankshaft is disposed, a transmission chamber in which a transmission unit of the vehicle is disposed, the transmission unit having an input shaft that is coupled to the crankshaft and configured to be driven by the crankshaft, a cylinder extending from the crank chamber, and a cylinder head attached to the cylinder. The crank chamber is located above the transmission chamber, and the cylinder is disposed in such a manner that an axial direction thereof is oriented in a substantially longitudinal direction of a vehicle body of the leisure vehicle.
Abstract:
A titanium alloy tappet that is slidable at a high speed is provided by covering shortcomings of lightweight and high-strength titanium alloy. A surface 1A of at least a slidable portion of the tappet 1 for use with a valve system is subjected to a carburizing process.
Abstract:
A small watercraft including an engine mounted in a body such that an axial direction of a crankshaft corresponds with a longitudinal direction of the body, an oil tank provided such that a longitudinal direction thereof corresponds with the axial direction of the crankshaft, a first communicating port and a second communicating port formed in the oil tank at least two positions spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction, a gas-release chamber having a third communicating port and a fourth communicating port provided at two positions spaced apart from each other, and at least one fifth communicating port located to communicate with an ambient side, the gas-release chamber having a bottom face located higher than a liquid level of oil inside the oil tank, wherein the first communicating port communicates with the third communicating port and the second communicating port communicates with the fourth communicating port.
Abstract:
A multi-cylinder engine for driving a vehicle is provided. The multi-cylinder engine includes a plurality of cylinders. The engine also includes a multi-throttle valve device having a plurality of air-intake passages, each of which being configured to lead air to the respective cylinder, and a plurality of throttle valves, each of which being configured to open and close the respective air-intake passage. At least one of the throttle valves is configured to be opened and closed independently of at least one of the other throttle valves.
Abstract:
A personal watercraft and engine therefor are provided. The engine typically is mounted in a personal watercraft and configured to discharge an exhaust gas through a water muffler. The engine typically includes a cylinder head forming a combustion chamber, wherein the cylinder head is provided with an exhaust port configured to draw the exhaust gas from the combustion chamber to the water muffler, and an air passage configured to allow the exhaust port and an outside of the engine to communicate with each other, and the air passage is provided with a valve configured to restrict a flow of air within the air passage.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a personal watercraft capable of efficiently placing a dry-sump engine room and of efficiently using a dead space in the engine room. The small dry-sump engine comprises: a plurality of cylinders; at least one cylinder head provided as corresponding to the cylinders; a crankcase chamber; an oil tank chamber independent of the crankcase chamber, the oil tank chamber being located lower than the cylinder head; and an oil return passage configured such that its upper end communicates with the cylinder heads and its lower end communicate with the oil tank chamber.
Abstract:
A jet-propulsion watercraft comprises: an engine; an oil tank provided independently of the engine, for reserving engine oil; and a water jet pump driven by the engine, the water jet pump pressurizing and accelerating water taken in from outside of the watercraft and ejecting the water from the outlet port to propel the watercraft as a reaction of the ejecting water, and the muffler is provided behind the engine and on one of right and left sides of the watercraft and the oil tank is provided behind the engine and on the other side of the watercraft.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a personal watercraft capable of preventing an exhaust gas from contaminating a transom board in the vicinity of an exhaust outlet and of reducing an exhaust noise of the exhaust gas within a wide speed range. The personal watercraft having an engine disposed in a body thereof for driving a water jet pump comprises, an exhaust outlet 2D formed at a rear end of an exhaust passage Ep extending from an exhaust port of the engine E to a transom board Tm of the watercraft so as to open rearwardly; a flexible sheet member 3 disposed at the exhaust outlet and having a closing portion 3A capable of opening/closing the exhaust outlet by an exhaust pressure of the exhaust gas; and a short pipe 5P mounted to the outside of the transom board and extending rearwardly from the transom board Tm so as to surround the closing portion 3A of the sheet member 3, for introducing the exhaust gas rearwardly.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a personal watercraft having a water cooling system of an engine, which allows inside of a cooling water passage of an engine or a water passage connected to the cooling water passage to be sufficiently cleaned and a clogged water-supply hole in an expansion chamber to be easily inspected or cleaned. The personal watercraft 1 comprises a first water passage 50 from a water jet pump 7 to a cooling water passage of an engine 4. Water is forcibly sent by the water jet pump 7 and led to the cooling water passage through the first water passage 50. The water flows through the cooling water passage while exchanging heat, and the resulting water is discharged outside the watercraft. The personal watercraft 1 further comprises a second water passage 53 opened in a surface of a body of the watercraft and communicating with the first water passage 50, and an opening/closing means 54 for opening/closing the second water passage 53.