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Personal watercraft

a technology for watercraft and personal watercraft, which is applied to waterborne vessels, special-purpose vessels, vehicles, etc., can solve the problems of limited storage capacity, achieve the effects of reducing the size of personal watercraft, improving user friendliness, and increasing volum

Active Publication Date: 2020-02-27
KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD
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[0007]In this configuration, an object is stored in the interior of the recess and is covered with the lid member having the mesh-like appearance and made of the elastic members crossing each other. Therefore, even when an object having a large volume such as protruding from the recess, the lid member stretches to allow the object to be accommodated in the storage. Therefore, the personal watercraft may provide a storage capable of accommodating an object or objects having a larger volume and thus provide an improved user friendliness. The recess is formed in the seat supporting section, and thus the seat supporting section serves both as a structure for supporting the seat and as a structure for forming the recess. Accordingly, a reduction in size of the personal watercraft is achieved.

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Therefore, the capacity of the storage is limited.

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[0013]Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0014]FIG. 1 is a side view of a personal watercraft 1, partially broken, according to an embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the personal watercraft 1 includes a body 2, and the body 2 includes a hull 3 and a deck 4 that covers the hull 3 from the top. The personal watercraft 1 includes a seat 5 on the body 2 and is operated by an operator sitting astride on the seat 5. An engine E, which is an example of a prime mover, is accommodated in an interior space of the body 2.

[0015]An output shaft 6 of the engine E extends rearward in the body 2. An output end of the output shaft 6 is coupled to a propeller shaft 8 via a coupling member 7. A waterjet pump P is disposed in the rear portion of the hull 3 at a center in a lateral direction, and the propeller shaft 8 is coupled to a pump shaft 9 of the waterjet pump P. In other words, the pump shaft 9 rotates in conjunction with the r...

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Abstract

A personal watercraft includes a recess formed in a deck and a lid member having a mesh-like appearance and made of elastic members crossing each other, wherein the lid member is removably attached to cover an opening of the recess. The recess is formed in a seat supporting section configured to support a seat for an operator to sit during an operation.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0001]The present invention relates to a personal watercraft configured to be operated on the water by an operator.Description of Related Art[0002]Some of personal watercrafts include a storage for storing an object or objects such as a wakeboard rope used mainly at the rear of a watercraft body (hereinafter, referred to simply as “body”). U.S. Pat. No. 8,555,799 discloses such a personal watercraft. U.S. Pat. No. 8,555,799 discloses a storage formed at a position posterior to a position of an operator.[0003]However, the storage of the personal watercraft disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 8,555,799 includes a lid for covering an opening of the storage, and the lid is configured to be openable and closable via a hinge. The storage only accommodates a quantity of the object or objects corresponding to a capacity of an interior of the storage with the lid closed. Therefore, the capacity of the storage is limited.[0004]In view of such circumstan...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B63B35/81
CPCB63B34/10B63B32/20
Inventor ARAKI, TOSHIOKATO, HIRONORIYAGII, HIROSHI
Owner KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD