US Patent Issued to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI on Aug. 12 for "Outboard motor and boat" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,502, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Outboard motor and boat" was invented by Kimitaka Saruwatari (Shizuoka, Japan) and Tomohiro Hagi (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outboard motor includes a tilt shaft, an engine assembly, and a cowl. The tilt shaft defines a horizontal tilt axis during a tilting action of the outboard motor. At least a portion of the engine assembly is above the tilt axis in a tilt-down state of the outboard motor. The cowl accommodates at least a portion of the engine assembly. The tilt shaft includes a first shaft and a second shaft which are spaced ...