Bulkhead structure for personal watercraft
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshinori Tsumiyama
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Abstract
A bulkhead structure for a personal watercraft reduces the weight of the personal watercraft while maintaining the rigidity of an outer shell of a body by utilizing the inside space of the body. Alternatively, the structure can further enhance the rigidity of the outer shell of the body without increasing the weight. The hull and a deck are joined to form the outer shell of the body of the personal watercraft. A plate-shaped member spans substantially horizontally in a direction of the width of the body of the personal watercraft and has right and left sides fixed in the vicinity of a junction portion of the hull and the deck.
Claims22
A personal watercraft in which a hull and a deck are joined to form an outer shell of a body, comprising:
- a steering handle;
- a propulsive water jet pump located rearward of the body to move the watercraft;
- a hatch cover located forward of the steering handle;
- a reinforcing member having at least a substantial portion spanning the width of the body of the personal watercraft in a single plane, located forward of the steering handle and beneath the hatch cover;
- the reinforcing member having right and left sides fixed in a vicinity of a junction portion of the hull and the deck.
A personal watercraft, comprising:
- a hull;
- a deck mounted to the hull to form a body;
- a handle for operating the watercraft;
- and
- a plate fixedly mounted to the body proximate a mounting line of the deck to the hull, the plate extending between starboard and port sides to span a width of the body, a substantial portion of which spans the width of the body in a substantially horizontal plane, wherein the plate spans the body from starboard to port in an area only between a bow of the personal watercraft and a portion forward of the handle for operating the personal watercraft.
A personal watercraft, comprising:
- a hull;
- a deck mounted to the hull to form a body;
- a handle for operating the watercraft;
- and
- a plate fixedly mounted to the body proximate a mounting line of the deck to the hull, the plate extending between starboard and port sides to span a width of the body, a substantial portion of which spans the width of the body in a substantially horizontal plane, wherein the plate spans the body from starboard to port in an area only between a bow of the personal watercraft and a portion forward of the handle for operating the personal watercraft;
- and
- a support plate transverse to the plate and extending from the plate to one of the deck and the hull along a centerline of the body.
A personal watercraft, comprising:
- a hull;
- a deck mounted to the hull to form a body;
- a handle for operating the watercraft;
- a plate fixedly mounted to the body proximate a mounting line of the deck to the hull, the plate extending between starboard and port sides to span a width of the body, a substantial portion of which spans the width of the body in a substantially horizontal plane, wherein the plate spans the body from starboard to port in an area only between a bow of the personal watercraft and a portion forward of the handle for operating the personal watercraft;
- and
- wherein at least one hole that accommodates a storage container to pass therethrough is formed in the plate.
A personal watercraft, comprising:
- a hull;
- a deck mounted to the hull to form a body;
- a handle for operating the watercraft:
- a plate fixedly mounted to the body proximate a mounting line of the deck to the hull, the plate extending between starboard and port sides to span a width of the body, a substantial portion of which spans the width of the body in a substantially horizontal plane, wherein the plate spans the body from starboard to port in an area only between a bow of the personal watercraft and a portion forward of the handle for operating the personal watercraft;
- and wherein the plate has a concave portion opening to the deck to form a storage area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.