ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,001, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Outboard motor" was invented by Norikazu Kawai (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outboard motor 10 includes a drive shaft 33, a propeller shaft 35, a worm wheel 66, and a worm 67. The drive shaft is connected to a drive motor 37 via a reduction unit 38. The propeller shaft is connected via a bevel gear unit to intersect the drive shaft. The worm wheel is disposed coaxially with the drive shaft and rotates to turn the propeller shaft around the drive shaft. The worm engages with the worm wheel and is connected to a steering motor. The worm has a torque...