ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,060, issued on May 27, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Remote controller for watercraft" was invented by Hiroaki Hara (Saitama, Japan), Mikiya Yatagai (Saitama, Japan), Shogo Yoneyama (Saitama, Japan), Taiichi Otobe (Saitama, Japan), Naoki Aikawa (Saitama, Japan), Hidetoshi Kabayama (Saitama, Japan) and Yoshio Kurahashi (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote controller (4) for watercraft (6) includes a rod (21) extending downward from the free end part of a lever along a lengthwise direction thereof, a lock release button (14) slidably provided in the free end part so as to be slidable in a first direc...