Patents Examined by S. Joeseph Morano
  • Patent number: 6761122
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stand-up type personal watercraft capable of easily discharging water in an engine room of a body that is limited in space even when the watercraft is beached. The stand-up type personal watercraft comprises a bulkhead 12 that defines an engine room 10 in the body 2 surrounded by a hull 3 and a deck 4; a water intake 16 formed in the hull 3, through which water is sucked by a water jet pump; a penetrating hole 26 formed in a lower portion of the bulk head 12; a fitting member 27 mounted to the penetrating hole 26, a plug 28 removably attached to the fitting member 27; a hollow drain plug 24 provided at the periphery of the water intake 16, for mounting the grate plate 19; and a hose 29 connecting the fitting member 27 to the drain plug 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Nakagawa, Yoshiyuki Kuroyanagi