ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,352, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).
"Outboard motor" was invented by Junya Onoue (Shizuoka, Japan), Hiroki Koga (Shizuoka, Japan), Yoshiyuki Kadobayashi (Shizuoka, Japan), Kimitaka Saruwatari (Shizuoka, Japan) and Akihiro Noma (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outboard motor includes an upper case, a lower case, a transmission, a clutch, a cooling water passage, a first pump, and a second pump. The transmission is operable to transmit the driving force of the engine. The clutch is connected to the transmission. The cooling water passage is connected to the engine. The cool...