ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,929, issued on March 17, was assigned to YAMABIKO Corp. (Tokyo) and OPPAMA INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Easy engine starting system" was invented by Akira Tanabe (Tokyo), Tamotsu Saito (Tokyo), Ryosuke Imai (Tokyo) and Ryosuke Kajiyama (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an easy engine starting system including: an engine; a centrifugal clutch configured to transmit a driving force of the engine to a driven device; and a control device configured to adjust output of the engine. When the engine is to be started, the engine is accelerated at start engine output which enables the engine to reach a rotat...