Patents by Inventor William Peter Engle, Jr.

William Peter Engle, Jr. 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: 6192823
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a personal watercraft having a rear deck floor which can house goods necessary for water-skiing or the like and is provided with a space where a water-skier or the like sits when getting into the water or a space for embarkation when coming out of the water into a watercraft. In a personal watercraft having a whole plane view almost shell-shaped comprising a riding seat S provided from an almost central portion of a body A of a watercraft to a rear portion thereof, a steering handlebar 21 provided in front of the riding seat S, an engine E for propulsion provided below the riding seat S, and a jet pump P provided behind the engine, the jet pump being provided with an outlet port rearward for being driven by the engine, a rear deck floor 1 having a space for at least one adult to sit is provided behind the riding seat S and has an openable hatch cover 1A formed on the space, and a rear storage box 1B is formed under the hatch cover 1A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tsumiyama, Kenichi Nakagawa, Tomohiro Kanazawa, Kiyoaki Maeda, Kunihiko Kamio, Joe Heim, William Peter Engle, Jr., Gary Bozych
  • Patent number: 6112686
    Abstract: In the storage structure for a personal watercraft, a first hatch cover is installed in front of a handlebar in an openable and closable fashion with respect to a deck and a second hatch cover is installed on the first hatch cover in an openable and closable fashion with respect to the first hatch cover. A first storage area is formed inside the first hatch cover and a second storage area is formed inside the second hatch cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tsumiyama, Kenichi Nakagawa, Kiyoaki Maeda, Kunihiko Kamio, Joe Heim, William Peter Engle, Jr., Gary Bozych