Jet propulsion boat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9376188-B2
Application number	US-201313858119-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2013
Priority date	Oct 5, 2012
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

A deflector control portion in a jet propulsion boat causes a deflector to swing by controlling a deflector drive mechanism in response to an operation of a shift operating portion. The deflector control portion causes the deflector to move to a first trim position when the shift operating portion is switched to a forward movement shift position. The deflector control portion causes the deflector to move to a second trim position when the shift operating portion is switched to an operating shift position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A jet propulsion boat comprising:
a boat body;
an engine housed inside the boat body;
a jet propulsion mechanism configured to generate a propulsion power from a driving power of the engine;
a deflector including a jet orifice to discharge a jet flow backward from the jet propulsion mechanism, the deflector being arranged to swing upward and downward to change a direction of the jet flow upward and downward;
a bucket disposed behind the deflector, the bucket configured to move between a forward movement position in which the bucket is moved away from a position facing the jet orifice and an operating position in which the bucket faces the jet orifice;
a shift operating portion configured to be switched between a forward movement shift position corresponding to the forward movement position of the bucket and an operating shift position corresponding to the operating position of the bucket;
a deflector drive mechanism configured to cause the deflector to swing;
a trim adjustment portion to adjust a position of the deflector;
a storage portion that stores a first trim position and a second trim position as swing positions of the deflector; and
a deflector control portion programmed to cause the deflector to swing by controlling the deflector drive mechanism in response to an operation of the shift operating portion, to cause the deflector to move to the first trim position when the shift operating portion is switched to the forward movement shift position, and to cause the deflector to move to the second trim position when the shift operating portion is switched to the operating shift position; wherein
the first trim position includes an up trim position, a neutral trim position, and a down trim position;
the deflector control portion stores the position of the deflector set by the trim adjustment portion in the storage portion as the first trim position when the shift operating portion is set to the forward movement shift position; and
the deflector control portion is programmed to return the deflector from the second trim position to the first trim position stored in the storage portion when the shift operating portion is switched from the operating shift position to the forward movement shift position.

2. The jet propulsion boat according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a bucket drive mechanism configured to cause the bucket to move; and
a bucket control portion programmed to cause the bucket to move by controlling the bucket drive mechanism in response to an operation of the shift operating portion, to cause the bucket to move to the forward movement position when the shift operating portion is set to the forward movement shift position, and to cause the bucket to move to the operating position when the shift operating portion is set to the operating shift position.

3. The jet propulsion boat according to claim 2 , wherein the deflector drive mechanism and the bucket drive mechanism are arranged to allow mutually independent movement of the deflector and the bucket, respectively.

4. The jet propulsion boat according to claim 3 , wherein the bucket drive mechanism includes a first electric motor, and the deflector drive mechanism includes a second electric motor that is controlled independently of the first electric motor.

5. The jet propulsion boat according to claim 1 , wherein the second trim position is a specific position stored as a prescribed value in the storage portion.

6. The jet propulsion boat according to claim 5 , wherein the second trim position is a position of the deflector that does not move the boat body forward or reverse.

7. The jet propulsion boat according to claim 6 , wherein the deflector control portion causes the deflector to move to the second trim position when the engine is started or stopped.

Assignees

• Yamaha Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Okamoto Yukitaka

Classifications

• B63H11/08 Primary

  of rotary type · CPC title

• B63H11/11 Primary

  with bucket or clamshell-type reversing means · CPC title

• B63H21/21

  Control means for engine or transmission, specially adapted for use on marine vessels · CPC title

• B63H2021/216

  using electric control means · CPC title

• B63B34/10

  Power-driven personal watercraft, e.g. water scooters (water jet propulsion B63H11/00; jet steering B63H25/46); Accessories therefor · CPC title