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Article: Austrian Inventors Develop Watercraft
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 11, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- Manfred Aichinger of Wels, Austria, Rudolf Tscherne of Buchkirchen, Austria, Alois Wolfsgruber of Gmunden, Austria, Michael Sonnleitner of Kirchdorf/Krems, Austria, and Johann Holzleitner of Gunskirchen, Austria, have developed a watercraft having a four stroke engine with a supercharger.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personal watercraft is disclosed with a hull, a seating assembly, and a four stroke internal combustion engine below the seating assembly. The engine has at least one intake valve for each of the combustion cylinder chambers, at least one exhaust valve for each of the combustion cylinder chambers, and a valve actuation ...