Marine propulsion inventions 10/09

20090258550 - Ergonomic pedaling apparatus: An ergonomic pedaling apparatus for travel in water, enabling a user to practice swimming skills, comprising: an ergonomic supporting body for supporting the upper part of the user's body when frontally mounted over the body, where the body includes a curved triangular structure having three vertices constructed by three connected... Agent: The Law Office Of Michael E. Kondoudis

20090258551 - Outboard motor and hook assembly used for outboard motor: A hook assembly is arranged to engage with an engaged member to fix a first housing to a second housing of an outboard motor. The hook assembly includes a rotation shaft, a hook member, a lever, and a weight. The rotation shaft is rotatably mounted on the first housing. A... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090253316 - Multi-cylinder engine fuel control method, engine fuel injection amount control method and engine operation state discrimination method using the same, propulsion apparatus for multiple engines, and fuel injection control method during crash astern in mar: Rotation recognition means for recognizing a revolution of a crankshaft based on the cylinders before the combustion cycle of a cylinder in question is provided. When the supply of fuel by injection from an injector to a certain cylinder of the six cylinders has become impossible, then control is performed... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090253317 - Steering apparatus with integrated steering actuator: The present invention relates to a steering apparatus for a marine craft. The marine craft has a stern and a propulsion unit. The steering apparatus includes a stern bracket connectable to the stern of the marine craft. A swivel case is connected to the stern bracket. The swivel case defines... Agent: Cameron Ip

20090253318 - Marine vessel: A marine vessel operated with gaseous fuel having at least one gas powered engine, which vessel is provided with a fuel tank arrangement in which the fuel is stored in liquid phase, in which vessel the engine is positioned in an engine room which is provided with an engine room... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20090247025 - Boat propulsion unit: A boat propulsion unit includes a power source, a propeller, a shift position switching mechanism, a control device, and a retention switch. The propeller is driven by the power source to generate propulsive force. The shift position switching mechanism has an input shaft connected to a side of the power... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090247026 - Boat propulsion unit: A boat propulsion unit includes a power source, a propeller, a shift position changing mechanism, a control device, and a speed reducing switch. The shift position changing mechanism has an input shaft, an output shaft, and first and second clutches. The first and second clutches change the connection state between... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090247027 - Motorized push pole device: A motorized push pole device having a standard mounted to a raised poling platform on a boat. A housing is mounted to the standard wherein the housing is adapted to removably clamp around a push pole. A drive wheel is mounted under the housing, wherein a periphery of the drive... Agent: Mckinney Law, Llc

20090247028 - Marine drive: A stern drive for a boat has inboard and outboard portions, the outboard portion having a propeller rotatably disposed thereon, and the inboard portion being adapted to receive rotational power about a motor output drive axis to rotationally drive the propeller. A mounting structure is operative to secure the inboard... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP Ip Section

20090247029 - Engine control system for jet-propulsion boat, jet-propulsion boat incorporating same, and method of using same: An engine control system, for controlling an engine of a jet-propulsion boat, includes a cavitation-control-mode determination unit, which starts a cavitation-control mode when an engine speed not faster than 3200 rpm is maintained for a predetermined time period. During a normal sailing operation, ignition timing is set by a first... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates