US Patent Issued to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI on Jan. 27 for "Sponson device and jet propelled watercraft" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,161, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Sponson device and jet propelled watercraft" was invented by Junya Miwa (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sponson device attachable to a watercraft body of a jet propelled watercraft includes a bow sponson located forward of a center of gravity of the jet propelled watercraft. The bow sponson protrudes from the watercraft body in a right-and-left direction, and is movable to a first position and a second position to adjust a trim of the watercraft body during turning of the jet propelled watercraft."

The patent was filed on July 10, 202...