ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,036, issued on April 7, was assigned to TAIGA MOTORS INC. (Lasalle, Canada).
"Rim-driven motor for personal watercraft" was invented by Clovis Roy-Bernier (Lasalle, Canada) and Paul Bruneau (Lasalle, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personal watercraft comprises a deck having coupled thereto a hull defining a bottom wall, a rear wall and a water intake extending from the bottom wall to the rear wall, and a jet propulsion system. The jet propulsion system comprises a housing coupled to the rear wall and defining an inlet to receive water from the water intake, a venturi, and an outlet to expel the water, and comprises a rim-dri...