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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1990
Filed:
May. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsumasa Soga, Kobe, JP;
Jiro Kitao, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 42 ; 60221 ; 440 43 ;
Abstract
A waterjet propulsion system for a watercraft including a duct disposed on the bottom of the watercraft with the opening facing backward, a device to produce waterjet in the duct and a steerable nozzle fitted on the duct opening. Inside the nozzle, a flow guide extending forwardly beyond a supporting axis for the nozzle is formed integrally with the nozzle. For the flow guide, a plate or plates fitted vertically respectively including or parallel to the nozzle centerline or a cylinder mounted coaxially with the nozzle can be preferably employed.