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US 10,647,388 B2Granted
Jet boat
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRen Onodera
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Abstract
A jet boat includes a cockpit arranged in a central portion of the jet boat on a boat body centerline, a bulwark provided along a circumference of a deck, and a platform fixed to a stern. In the bulwark, the upper surface of a rear bulwark between the platform and the cockpit is located above the upper surface of a foot space and below the seating surface of a seat.
Claims20
A jet boat comprising:
- a boat body including a hull and a deck;
- an engine housed in the hull below the deck;
- a jet propulsion unit driven by the engine;
- a cockpit arranged on the deck in a central portion of the boat body in a longitudinal direction of the boat body, and on a boat body centerline that extends in the longitudinal direction of the boat body, the cockpit including a seat provided on the deck, a handle, and a foot space between the seat and the handle;
- a bulwark that extends upward along a circumference of the deck to prevent entry of waves onto the deck;
- and
- a platform provided at a stern of the jet boat;
- wherein
- the bulwark includes a rear bulwark arranged between the platform and the cockpit, and an upper surface of the rear bulwark is located above an upper surface of the foot space and below a seating surface of the seat;
- the jet boat further includes an engine housing in which the engine and at least a portion of a drive shaft connected to the engine are housed, an engine housing opening provided at a position that corresponds to a position of the engine housing and that opens upward, and an engine housing hatch that opens and closes the engine housing opening;
- the seat is fixed to an upper surface of the engine housing hatch, and moves and follows the opening and closing of the engine housing hatch;
- and
- the deck includes a rear passage between the foot space and the rear bulwark.
10 more elements
A jet boat comprising:
- a boat body including a hull and a deck;
- an engine housed in the hull below the deck;
- a jet propulsion unit driven by the engine;
- a cockpit arranged on the deck in a central portion of the boat body in a longitudinal direction of the boat body, and on a boat body centerline that extends in the longitudinal direction of the boat body, the cockpit including a seat provided on the deck, a handle, and a foot space between the seat and the handle;
- a bulwark that extends upward along a circumference of the deck to prevent entry of waves onto the deck;
- and
- a platform provided at a stern of the jet boat;
- wherein
- the bulwark includes a rear bulwark arranged between the platform and the cockpit, and an upper surface of the rear bulwark is located above an upper surface of the foot space and below a seating surface of the seat;
- the jet boat further includes an engine housing in which the engine and at least a portion of a drive shaft connected to the engine are housed, an engine housing opening provided at a position that corresponds to a position of the engine housing and opens upward, and an engine housing hatch that opens and closes the engine housing opening;
- the engine housing hatch includes a rotating shaft provided on a stern side of the engine housing hatch;
- the engine housing hatch rotates about the rotating shaft so as to open the engine housing opening from a bow side;
- and
- the deck includes a rear passage between the foot space and the rear bulwark.
11 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.