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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:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Iwata, JP;
Assignee:
Yahama Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 1/00 ;
Abstract
A hull for a planing type watercraft has a rear portion that includes one or more steppers and a step plate fixed to the hull rearward of the first stepper so as to create a gap between a leading end of the step plate and the corresponding stepper. The step plate may additionally include longitudinally extending channels. The gap may further include apertures to supply air to the gap.