ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,169, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).
"Outboard motor and boat" was invented by Yosuke Kato (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outboard motor includes an engine and a plurality of fuel supply mechanisms each including a suction pump to suck in liquid fuel stored in a fuel tank in a hull, a vapor separator tank to store liquid fuel sucked in by the suction pump and separate the liquid fuel and vapor, and a supply pump to supply the liquid fuel stored in the vapor separator tank to the engine."
The patent was filed on April 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/134,598.
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