Patents by Inventor Masaki Yoshinaka

Masaki Yoshinaka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9873498
    Abstract: A stand-up type personal watercraft comprises: a body including a hull and a deck; a standing deck provided in a rear portion of the deck; an engine hood attached to the deck and located in front of the standing deck; a pole storage section formed as a recess on an outer upper surface of the engine hood and extending in a forward and rearward direction; a handle pole which is rotatably attached at a front end portion thereof to the deck, and is pivotable between a stowed position at which the handle pole is stowed in the pole storage section, and an up position at which a rear end portion of the handle pole is placed above and away from the pole storage section; and a storage provided in the engine hood by depressing a portion of an upper surface of the pole storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Araki, Hironori Kato, Masaki Yoshinaka
  • Publication number: 20170190407
    Abstract: A stand-up type personal watercraft comprises: a body including a hull and a deck; a standing deck is provided in a rear portion of the deck; an engine hood attached to the deck and located in front of the standing deck; a pole storage section formed as a recess on an outer upper surface of the engine hood and extending in a forward and rearward direction; a handle pole which is rotatably attached at a front end portion thereof to the deck, and is pivotable between a stowed position at which the handle pole is stowed in the pole storage section, and an up position at which a rear end portion of the handle pole is placed above and away from the pole storage section; and a storage provided in the engine hood by depressing a portion of an upper surface of the pole storage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Toshio Araki, Hironori Kato, Masaki Yoshinaka