US Patent Issued to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI on March 17 for "Outboard motor and vessel" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,957, issued on March 17, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Outboard motor and vessel" was invented by Hiroyuki Hasegawa (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outboard motor includes an engine, a fan, and a top cowl assembly. The fan suctions air around the engine and discharges the air through a discharge port. The top cowl assembly includes a top cowl to house the engine and the fan, and a cover to cover at least a portion of an outside of the top cowl. The top cowl assembly includes an exhaust port to communicate with the discharge port via an exhaust channel. At least a portion of the exhaust ...