Marine propulsion – Means for accomodating or moving engine fluids – Cooling for engine
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-09
2008-03-18
Swinehart, Ed (Department: 3617)
Marine propulsion
Means for accomodating or moving engine fluids
Cooling for engine
Reexamination Certificate
active
07344424
ABSTRACT:
A water-jet propulsion personal watercraft is disclosed, including a multiple-cylinder engine mounted in a body of the watercraft and configured to drive a water jet pump configured to propel the watercraft, and a mechanically driven supercharger configured to supply air taken in from outside to the engine. The engine typically has air-intake ports configured to open toward one side relative to the engine and exhaust ports configured to open toward an opposite side relative to the engine. The supercharger is typically disposed on the one side relative to the engine.
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Ozaki Atsufumi
Takahashi Keiji
Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Swinehart Ed
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