ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,893, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Outboard motor and anti-vibration structure of outboard motor" was invented by Makoto Mizutani (Shizuoka, Japan), Motosumi Yamanouchi (Shizuoka, Japan), Takuma Matsunaga (Shizuoka, Japan) and Tomohiro Hagi (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outboard motor includes an outboard motor main body and a mount assembly to mount the outboard motor main body to a hull. The mount assembly includes a clamp bracket to be fixed to the hull, a swivel bracket to support the outboard motor main body, and a hydraulic cylinder. The swivel bracket is coupl...