US Patent Issued to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI on April 14 for "Marine propulsion system, outboard motor, and marine vessel" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,451, issued on April 14, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Marine propulsion system, outboard motor, and marine vessel" was invented by Masahisa Watanabe (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine propulsion system includes an outboard motor including an outboard motor engine, a propulsion generator to be driven by the outboard motor engine, and an electric starter to start the outboard motor engine. The outboard motor is installed on a hull, and an outboard motor capacitor is provided in the outboard motor to supply to the starter power to start the outboard motor engine. The outboard motor cap...