Patent ID: 6923134

Claim:
A jet-propelled personal watercraft comprising: a hull including a bottom hull and a top deck secured over the bottom hull, the hull defining an engine compartment sized to contain an internal combustion engine for powering a jet propulsion unit, the jet propulsion unit including a steerable water discharge nozzle, the top deck having a raised, longitudinally extending seat adapted to accommodate an operator in straddle fashion; a hood having at least one electrical instrument disposed on a rear portion of the hood in front of the driver; and a hinge assembly comprising: a hinge having a hinge top portion for mounting to the hood and a hinge bottom portion for mounting to the top deck, the hinge bottom portion being pivotally coupled to the hinge top portion about a hinge pivot, the hinge bottom portion having a wireway aperture therethrough; and a wire bundle assembly including a plurality of wires disposed within a tube disposed within a seal formed about the tube, the tube seal being at least partially received within the hinge bottom portion aperture, and at least some of the wires being coupled to the electrical instrument.