Marine propulsion inventions 11/07

20070275612 - Mechanism for transferring total weight of outboard engine from boat and ship: A mechanism for transferring total weight of outboard engine from a boat to be loaded onto water surface comprises mainly of two parts, first part is to be fixed to the boat and second part to be fixed to an engine where the second part connected to the first part... Agent: Dr. Sukanya Jesadanont

20070275613 - Propulsion and steering unit for a waterborne vessel: A propulsion and steering unit for a waterborne vessel. The propulsion and steering unit is in the form of an azimuth thruster 1 comprising a propeller 2 fixed to one end of a propeller shaft 4, which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis 6. Fixed to the other end of... Agent: Christian D. Abel

20070270054 - Shift cutout control system for a watercraft propulsion unit and a watercraft: A shift cutout control system is provided that can comprise a shift mechanism, an engine electronic control unit, a remote controller, and an ignition control means. The shift mechanism can switch a rotation of a propeller shaft into one of a neutral, forward, and reverse drive state. The propeller shaft... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070270055 - Remote control system for a watercraft: A remote control system for controlling a propulsion unit of a watercraft includes a plurality of remote controller side ECUs, all of which have the same construction in one embodiment. Each remote controller side ECU includes ECU discriminating terminal sections and an ECU determining section for determining a role of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070270051 - Electromechanical spring-powered actuator: An actuator, which find exemplary use in connection with a safety system which aims to stop powering of a boat by an engine or sail if a person falls overboard. The actuator stores energy in a main spring which is manually created by pushing linearly on an actuator rod which... Agent: Charles G. Nessler

20070270052 - Pod ship propulsion system provided with a hydrodynamic gear: The invention relates to a pod ship propulsion System comprising a housing (3) connected to a ship hüll (2), an electric drive motor (8) mounted inside the housing at least one propeller (4) disposed outside the housing, wherein said electric drive motor is connected to the propeller by means a... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20070270053 - Outboard drive for boats: Outboard drive for boats, including a gear housing, an underwater housing connected rotatably to the gear housing, and a mounting element arranged between the gear housing and the underwater housing for mounting the drive in a boat hull with the gear housing on the inside and the underwater housing on... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070270056 - Method and device for discharging exhaust gases of internal combustion engine of boats into the water surrounding the boats: A method for the efficiency-increasing discharging of exhaust gases of internal combustion engines of boats into the water surrounding the boats is disclosed. The exhaust gases and a flow of water drawn from the surrounding water are mixed together in a low air pressure field, the low pressure of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070254539 - Outboard engine unit: In an outboard engine unit, a cover assembly, defining a lower half section of an engine room, is composed of left and right cover members each formed of resin, and a bracket is fixed to a rear portion of the engine or engine support structure. The left and right cover... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070254540 - Shift system for outboard motors: A shift system for outboard motors, which is reduced in size, and is capable securing compatibility with an outboard motor of a type for which the shift operation is manually performed using a shift cable. A motor-driven shift actuator is disposed at a location forward of and to the right... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070254538 - Safety shut-off device for vehicle having a rotary on-off switch: A safety system, which stops the motion of a boat or other craft when a person falls off the craft, is comprised of a wireless transmitter carried by the person, a receiver-controller, an actuator, and a rotary on-off switch, such as a common ignition switch. When the person falls off... Agent: Charles G. Nessler