US Patent Issued to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI on July 21 for "Watercraft propulsion system and watercraft" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,482, issued on July 21, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Watercraft propulsion system and watercraft" was invented by Yuta Kubota (Shizuoka, Japan) and Akihiro Tagata (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft propulsion system includes a bow thruster to generate a propulsive force laterally of the hull, a propulsion device to generate a propulsive force anteroposteriorly of the hull, a steering to change the course of the hull, and a controller configured or programmed to control the bow thruster, the propulsion device, and the steering in response to a diagonal movement command to control ...