Patent ID: 7267594

Claim:
A jet pump mounting structure of a boat comprising: an engine; a pump case provided to a rear of a hull forming a lower part of a body of the boat and positioned behind the engine, having: a front wall, having: a pump case rear face side facing away from the engine, and wherein the pump case rear face side is at an up grade angle towards the rear of the hull; a jet pump arranged in the pump case; and a thrust plate having: a thrust plate front face side, wherein at least a portion of the thrust plate front face side is at an up grade angle and parallel to the pump case rear face side, and at least a portion of the thrust plate front face side is attached to at least a portion of the pump case rear face side, a thrust plate rear face side, wherein the thrust plate rear face side faces away from the pump case rear face side, and wherein at least a portion of the thrust plate rear face side is at an angle parallel with a plane perpendicular to a major axis of the jet pump.