Marine propulsion inventions 09/07

20070224892 - Protective marine vessel and drive: A marine vessel and drive combination includes port and starboard tunnels formed in a marine vessel hull raising port and starboard steerable marine propulsion devices to protective positions relative to the keel.... Agent: Michael E. Taken Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall

20070224893 - Method of steering a boat with double outboard drives and boat having double outboard drives: Boat with a hull with double engines which are controlled by a respective electronic engine control unit and are coupled to a respective outboard drive, which drives are driven by electric servomotors/electronic drive control units. The drive control units communicate with the engine control units and continuously monitor the steering... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070224894 - Power paddle: This invention relates to a paddle for a water vehicle that is powered by a power tool. The paddle is suitable for use alone for manual movement of a water vehicle but can be attached to a power tool for mechanical movement across water.... Agent: Heather Akartsounes

20070218782 - Hydra-marine propulsion system: A marine propulsion system comprising an engine, hydraulic pump, torque motor and propeller combination. The system is currently adaptable to diesel fuel operated engines. The hydraulic pump is a pressure compensating pump. The hydraulic pump a pressure relief value incorporated to minimize damage to the system due to propeller strikes.... Agent: Dennis G. Lapointe Lapointe Law Group, Pl

20070218783 - Lifting body water jet propulsion inlet inductor: A foil shaped lifting body is attached by means of a strut to the underwater body of a vessel in such a manner as to cause a standing wave to be developed when the vessel is in operation in order that the standing wave will induct water into machinery intakes.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070218785 - Watercraft propulsion apparatus and watercraft: An outboard motor of a watercraft can include a shifting mechanism for performing gear shifting among forward, neutral, and reverse positions. A shift actuator can be configured to drive the shifting mechanism. A shift position sensor can be configured to detect a position of the shift actuator with respect to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070218784 - Outboard engine mounting assembly: An assembly for mounting an auxiliary outboard engine on a boat has a support frame with attachment means for mounting the support frame in an inclined position between a transom of the boat and a rear edge of a bathing platform projecting outwardly of the transom. An engine mount is... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20070218786 - Decoupler: A decoupler 10 having a rotatable input member 12 for coupling to a drive unit 13 and a rotatable output member 28 for coupling to an output drive, and a gear set 34 for transmitting drive from the rotatable input member 12 to the rotatable output member 28, wherein the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070212954 - Manual propulsion mechanism: A device for propelling a personal watercraft comprising a base having an inner channel and an outer channel. A fin is disposed substantially adjacent to the base and is rotatable relative to the base. The fin has an inner protrusion adapted to moveably engage the inner channel, and an outer... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070212955 - Method and apparatus for controlling a waterjet-driven marine vessel: A method for controlling a marine vessel having a first steering nozzle, a reversing deflector and at least one of a bow thruster and a second steering nozzle is disclosed. The method comprises any of the acts of inducing a net transverse thrust to the marine vessel in response to... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070207683 - Toe adjustment for small boat having multiple propulsion units: A small boat has multiple propulsion units. A toe angle of the multiple propulsion units can be altered while the boat is under way. The toe angle can be adjusted to improve performance in any of a number of areas, including top speed, acceleration, fuel economy, and maneuverability, at the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070207684 - Inboard/outboard motor protector with underwater hydrofoil: Disclosed is a device that protects inboard/outboard motors (up to 250 horsepower) from damage and simultaneously provides an underwater hydrofoil that both helps prevent inboard/outboard motor damage and is specifically designed to improve the efficiency of an outboard motor and the speed and ride of a boat. In one embodiment,... Agent: Avery Enterprises

20070207685 - Fuel tank with trash and water separation/containment device: A fuel tank apparatus is particularly suited for use on vehicles and marine vessels. A fuel tank can be used to supply fuel to an engine, compressor or the like such as when the tank is used to operate an engine or air compressor. The apparatus includes a tank body... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, LLC