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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2007
Applicant:
Yuting Rui, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Yuting Rui, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Surfango, Inc., Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 11/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for steering a watercraft propelled by a water jet includes a control lever supported to pivot rightward and leftward about a first control axis, a nozzle supported on the watercraft to pivot rightward and leftward and through which water is discharged from the watercraft, first and second cables, and a steering module interconnected by the cables to the control lever and connected to the nozzle, supported to pivot laterally about a second control axis and to pivot the nozzle laterally in response to pivoting of the control lever about the first control axis.