Marine propulsion inventions 02/07

20070042653 - Outboard engine: An outboard engine comprises a power source inside a power source room. The power source room is formed by an upper cover and an undercover. A buoyant body is disposed outside the power source room, and has a lower surface wall in a position that is lower than the undercover.... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070042652 - Outboard engine: An outboard engine with a cover for allowing for an improved outward appearance is disclosed. The engine includes a leg case that houses a drive shaft for transmitting the output from the engine to a propeller. The cover covers the leg case. The cover is formed integrally, and a front... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070042651 - Outboard motor: An outboard motor includes a case extending generally vertically and supported on a hull. An engine is supported at an upper end of the case. A propeller is supported by a lower end of the case. A drive shaft is supported within the case for rotation about a generally vertical... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070037458 - Personal watercraft: A personal watercraft equipped with an engine cooling system and a cleaning system therefore, including a body 1 including a deck 3 and a hull 2, an engine E accommodated in the interior of the body 1, a cooling system configured to cool the engine E using water taken in... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070032142 - Watercraft steering assist system: A steering assist system for a watercraft including a force detection assembly adapted to detect a force further applied to an operator steering control of the watercraft after the steering control is turned to a maximum turning position. The steering assist system also includes a controller configured to increase a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070032143 - Visual sports training apparatus and method: A real time visual self-monitoring system for a user, said system comprising a camera (1) adapted for fixed monitoring in selectable relativity to said user (3), a monitoring means (6) for receiving camera output adapted for viewing by said user and a power supply (8) for said camera and monitoring... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20070032144 - Fin for oscillating foil propulsion system: A watercraft having propulsion means extending below the water line comprising a pair of flexible fins each adapted to oscillate through an arcurate path in a generally transverse direction with respect to the central longitudinal dimension of said watercraft, and means operatively associated with said propulsion means for applying input... Agent: Joseph E. Mueth, Esq. Joseph E. Mueth Law Corporation

20070032145 - Portable canoe propulsion system: A portable pedal driven propulsion device for a small watercraft (1) in which power from crank operated pedals (5) is transmitted to a pivotally mounted gearbox (32) or pulley system (81,82,83) adjacent the operator. A longitudinal drive shaft (2) is connected, at one end, to the gearbox (32) or pulley... Agent: G. Ronald Bell & Associates

20070032146 - Watercraft: The invention relates to a watercraft, particularly a river boat, with a hull for receiving useful devices and with propulsion units for generating a driving force and which are located on the hull. The watercraft according to the invention is characterized in that guiding elements are provided in the bow... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070026748 - Trolling device: The trolling device has a pressure reducing valve 23 for reducing clutch oil pressure and a low speed valve 22 for adjusting the spring force of a pilot spring 24 of the pressure reducing valve 23 in conjunction with a trolling lever 25, the low speed valve 22 having a... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC