Patent ID: 7845996

Claim:
A jet pump tail cone insert for a jet pump comprising: an end member having an end member interior and an end member exterior opposite said interior, an end member upper portion and an end member lower portion opposite said end member upper portion, a plurality of projections configured to matingly receive a plurality of forks, and a plurality of receivers configured to receive at least one stator vane of a bearing hub of the jet pump; a body having a body interior and a body exterior opposite said body interior, a body upper portion and a body lower portion opposite said body upper portion, said body having said plurality of forks configured to matingly attach to said plurality of projections of said end member, and a plurality of receivers configured to receive said at least one stator vane of said bearing hub, said body is configured to be proximate said at least one stator vane, said body lower portion configured to matingly couple to said end member upper portion; a cap having a cap interior and a cap exterior opposite said cap interior and a cap upper portion and a cap lower portion opposite said cap upper portion, said cap lower portion configured to matingly couple to said body upper portion; and at least one fastener disposed in at least one groove in said cap, said at least one fastener extending through said cap, through said body, and into at least one coupling in said end member, said fastener configured to securely couple said cap to said body and said body to said end member, wherein the jet pump tail cone insert occupies space proximate said bearing hub thereby increasing a flow rate of water through the jet pump.