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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7886677 | Multi-purpose storage rack and fishing troller for a personal watercraft The present invention is for an apparatus for use on a personal water craft having a hull, a deck disposed on the hull, a hood movably connected to the forward portion of the deck, an engine position within the hull, a seat mounted atop the deck for accommodating at... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7849808 | Personal watercraft A personal watercraft is disclosed, having a hull and sub-deck (HSD) assembly with left and right gunnels. A deck is disposed above the sub-deck. The left and right lateral edges of the deck are disposed vertically at least as low as the upper end of the left and ri... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7475648 | Integrated storage structure for housing electrical components in a personal watercraft, and personal watercraft including same In a personal watercraft with a watercraft body including a hull forming a bottom portion and a deck covering the hull from above, a magnet box is integrally combined with a battery storage tray. The watercraft also includes an engine disposed within the watercraft ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7467594 | Personal watercraft with pivotable seat A personal watercraft is disclosed having a straddle-type seat. The seat is pivotally connected to the deck via a pivotal connection and pivotable with respect to the deck between a raised position and a lowered position. The pivotal connection has first and second ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7430466 | Steering force detection device for steering handle of vehicle A watercraft has steering force detection sections. Each steering force detection section includes a pressure receiving section. The pressure receiving sections are spaced from each other and are in the vicinity of a steering shaft. A pressing member is coupled to t... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7377223 | Personal watercraft storage bin A personal watercraft has a hull, a deck disposed on the hull, a bin, and hood. The hood is operatively connected to the deck and is movable between an open position providing access to the storage bin and a closed position preventing access to the storage bin. An o... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7331834 | Outboard motor An outboard motor is provided with a bar handle equipped with a throttle grip enabling push-pull operation and rotate operation by the boat operator, and one or the other of the engine and the motor is connected to the propeller in accordance with the push-pull oper... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325504 | Display device of personal watercraft A display device of a personal watercraft is disclosed. The display device typically includes a memory configured to store a plurality of control modes for controlling components of the watercraft, a controller configured to control the components of the watercraft ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325680 | Net holder for boats A net holder for carrying a landing net has an upper housing in the form of a channel member with a downwardly disposed opening hinged at its rearward portion to the rearward portion of a lower housing in the form of a channel member slightly narrower than the upper... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7299763 | Hull with propulsion tunnel and leading edge interceptor A boat hull has at least one ventilating propulsion tunnel formed therein open to the water forward of the hull's transom and adapted to contain a propeller of the propulsion system. The tunnel has a leading edge forward of the transom and an interceptor plate proje... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7249987 | Air intake device for watercraft An air intake device for a watercraft adapted to suppress noise generating from an intake system of an engine and can obtain good intake efficiency. The air intake device includes intake ports opening to a side surface of the engine, and an air cleaner located on th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247067 | Intake manifold for small watercraft A watercraft has an engine that has an intake system, an exhaust system, and a cooling system. An intake manifold is positioned above a cooled exhaust pipe. This position of the intake manifold with relation to the cooled exhaust pipe allows the intake manifold to m... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240632 | Personal watercraft center keel A personal watercraft having improved bottom hull shapes in general, and improved center keel shapes in particular. The center keel can have a substantial section over which the keel angle becomes sharper progressing from front to rear, and the concavities on either... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7227283 | Engine control apparatus The engine control apparatus includes: the stop switch body 6; the stop switch knob 3; the lock plate 5 insertable to the stop switch knob 3; the transponder 9 that is provided at the lock plate 5 side and that can transmit ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7201622 | Internal combustion engine including improved balance shaft structure, and personal watercraft incorporating same An internal combustion engine is provided for a personal watercraft in which a portion of the engine that is enlarged to accommodate a balance shaft is minimized in size, whereby the internal combustion engine is made compact. Balance shafts for preventing secondary... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201620 | Operation control system for planing boat An operation control system for a planing boat can include a mode selection module configured to allow a driver to select a driving mode of either one of a normal operation mode, in which the boat cruises at a speed in response to the displacement of an acceleration... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201619 | Safety shut-off system for a powered vehicle A safety system, which stops the motion of a boat or other craft when a person falls off the craft, is comprised of a wireless transmitter carried by the person, a receiver-controller, an actuator, and a spring loaded kill switch (ignition switch). When the person f... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191871 | Lubricating device for engine A sub-gallery for leading oil to a cylinder head side of an engine is provided in a crankcase in such a manner as to be connected to an outlet of an oil filter and in parallel with a main gallery. A lubricating device is also provided to equally feed oil to each of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7179142 | Mounting structure for jet propulsion pump in personal watercraft A mounting structure for mounting a jet propulsion pump in a body of a personal watercraft includes, a front mounting portion of the pump being mounted to a rear portion, in a planing direction of the watercraft body, and a ride plate mounted to the watercraft body,... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168386 | Small boat A small boat has left and right sponsons extending in a longitudinal direction and respectively attached to left and right side walls forming a boat body. The sponsons are provided with an attachment section contacting a left side wall, a gliding section extending s... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152706 | Induction system for a four cycle engine A four cycle engine having at least one cylinder unit is disclosed. The engine includes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) connected to the engine on one side of the engine. An air box is also provided that is located on the same side of the engine as the CV... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140314 | Stand-up type personal watercraft A stand-up type personal watercraft is disclosed. The stand-up type personal watercraft typically includes a body including a hull and a deck covering the hull from above and being provided with a foot deck on an upper surface of a rear portion thereof to allow a ri... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140935 | Small jet propulsion watercraft A small jet propulsion watercraft 10 is provided with side wall portions 14a and 14b formed on both the left and right sides of a stepping platform 13, within which water lock devices 36 and 37 are disposed, re... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134925 | Small watercraft with structure inhibiting water from entering engine A personal watercraft includes a hull and an engine. The engine has an air intake system through which air is delivered to combustion chambers of the engine. An overturn switch detects overturn of the hull. A control device stops an operation of the engine based upo... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121904 | Water jet propulsion watercraft A water jet propulsion watercraft that allows accurate speed detection of a speed detection unit to be achieved. A water jet propulsion watercraft includes a hull bottom plate with left and right guide grooves for guiding water rearwardly of the hull. The left and r... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117806 | Personal watercraft A body structure of a water-jet propulsion personal watercraft, comprises a body having an inner space defined by a hull and a deck, an engine mounted within the inner space of the body, a water jet pump placed behind the engine and configured to be driven by the en... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101238 | Watercraft having a four stroke engine with a supercharger A personal watercraft is disclosed with a hull, a seating assembly, and a four stroke internal combustion engine below the seating assembly. The engine has at least one intake valve for each of the combustion cylinder chambers, at least one exhaust valve for each of... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7081028 | Portable control device used as a security and safety component of a marine propulsion system An engine control system for a marine propulsion system uses a portable control device that is configured to emit first and second signals that are receivable by first and second sensors. The first signal relates to the starting of the engine of the marine propulsio... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7037148 | Theft prevention method and apparatus of personal watercraft A theft prevention apparatus of a personal watercraft equipped with a main switch for opening/closing a main power-supply circuit including a starting circuit of an engine is provided. The apparatus inhibits the engine from starting when it detects the main switch b... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028628 | Side mirror structure of small watercraft A side mirror structure of a small watercraft is provided. The small watercraft includes a steering handle, a hatch cover disposed in a deck portion in front of the steering handle, and a side mirror assembly fixed to the deck portion below the hatch cover lower. | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026912 | Engine control apparatus An engine control apparatus includes: a stop switch body 6; a stop switch knob 3; a lock plate 5; a transponder 9 that is provided at the lock plate side and that can transmit a predetermined ID code; and a control section 11 that ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017546 | Dry sump oil tank assembly A tank assembly for a dry sump lubrication system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The tank assembly includes a tank having an upper tank portion and a lower tank portion. An interface assembly is disposed at the lower tank portion and is configured t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018250 | Ride plate positioning mechanism for personal watercraft, and method of using same A ride plate positioning mechanism for a personal watercraft can reduce the burden on an operator during assembly, and can also raise manufacturing productivity. In a ride plate positioning mechanism 30 of a personal watercraft 10, a portion of a botto... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6978606 | Equal length crossover pipe exhaust system An equal length crossover pipe exhaust system for an engine of a vehicle includes a plurality of exhaust manifolds for connection to outlets of cylinders of the engine. The equal length crossover pipe exhaust system also includes a plurality of crossover pipes havin... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6969288 | Water-jet propulsion personal watercraft A water-jet propulsion personal watercraft is disclosed. The personal watercraft typically includes a body including a hull and a deck covering the deck from above, a water jet pump configured to propel the watercraft and including a pump shaft extending in a longit... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962124 | Round boat The present invention provides for a boat having a circular hull. The circular hull has a topside, a forward portion and an aft portion. Further, the circular hull has a first slot located in the forward portion and a second slot located in the aft portion. A rudder... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959660 | Personal watercraft and access opening seal Access opening seal for attachment to the lip of an access opening having an exposed edge, particularly an access opening of a personal watercraft. The seal includes a top portion and a side portion and may further include a bottom portion with the side portion bein... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6928950 | Mooring cover and method of using the same A mooring cover comprises an apron for substantially surrounding a dock mooring. The apron may have two or more rows of self draining pockets arranged along its length for storing boating accessories and a fastener for securing the opposite ends of the apron about t... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925948 | Conduit-supporting structure for a small watercraft A conduit-supporting structure for a small watercraft allows the number of conduit guide components to be reduced, and the required number of processes in piping and wiring to be reduced during assembly. A vessel body includes a hull 14, constituting the lowe... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6915755 | Small-sized surface boat A small-sized surface boat is configured such that a seat extending in the fore-and-aft direction is mounted on the center of a deck that constitutes an upper surface of a hull. An approximately horizontal flat portion is formed behind the seat and on a rear end por... | 07/12/2005 |
