ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,071, issued on Aug. 4.
"Jet outboard motor nozzle steering assembly" was invented by Brent Kauffman (Marysville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering nozzle assembly for a jet motor of a jet outboard motor includes a mounting frame attachable to the jet motor. The mounting frame is configured to be spaced apart by a gap from the discharge end of a discharge nozzle of the jet motor. The jet motor discharges a water jet that flows through the gap and past the mounting frame into a steering nozzle attached to the mounting frame for relative movement about a steering nozzle pivot axis. A reverse gate is movable from a neutral pos...