US Patent Issued to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI on Oct. 7 for "Outboard motor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,803, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outboard motor includes a first housing, a second housing, a propeller shaft, and a steering mechanism. The steering mechanism includes a first pinion gear, a second pinion gear, a first rack, and a second rack. The first pinion gear is connected to the first housing or the second housing. The second pinion gear is connected to the first pinion gear. The first rack includes first teeth. T...