ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,363, issued on July 1, was assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan).
"Hybrid ship propulsion machine" was invented by Masatoshi Kimpara (Hamamatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid ship propulsion machine includes an internal-combustion-drive propulsion part and an electric propulsion part. The electric propulsion part is attached to a first housing part of the internal-combustion-drive propulsion part, and is disposed at a position higher than an anti-cavitation plate of the internal-combustion-drive propulsion part such that a suction port of the electric propulsion part sinks below a water surface during low-s...