Marine propulsion inventions

20080108256 - Boat steering system: An outboard motor is provided on a hull and a steering system is connected electrically to the outboard motor and adapted to steer the hull by rotating the outboard motor. Steering motors are provided to the outboard motor. A control unit has a motor selector for choosing which of the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080108257 - Amphibian: The present invention provides, with reference to FIG. 1, an amphibian for use in land and marine modes comprising: a planing hull; three wheel stations, two of the three wheel stations being front wheel stations provided one on each side of and in the front half of the amphibian, and... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080102718 - Shift mechanism of outboard motor: An outboard motor includes an engine vertically supporting a crankshaft above an engine holder and a shift mechanism switching a rotational direction of a propeller shaft by actuating a shift apparatus through a remote control from a shift lever. The shift mechanism includes a first link mechanism connecting a shift... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080096446 - Propeller for boat: A propeller for a boat includes a propeller shaft having a shaft hole, a shaft sleeve mounted in the shaft hole of the propeller shaft and provided with a metal core with a through hole for insertion of a driving shaft of the boat, and a shock-absorbing member covering an... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080096447 - Stern drive motor or out board motor that can rotate 360 degrees and still go vertical or horizontal or both at the same time at any given time: The out board motor and stern drive motor have been around for over 100 years using the same concept, the only change has been in the performance and the physical design, (there still very limited in use). Just by the very simple rotation 360 degrees and flexibility movements horizontal or... Agent: Douglas D. De Masi Sr.

20080096444 - Optical potentiometer and control lever assembly: A control lever assembly having a potentiometer is disclosed which has a light emitter (14) and a light collector (15) with a screen (12) located between the emitter (14) and the collector (15). The screen is moveable with a control lever so that by providing varying translucency along the screen,... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080096445 - Personal watercraft: A personal watercraft can have a steering nozzle pivoting in accordance with the operation of a steering handle unit to change the traveling direction of a vehicle body. A steering position sensor can be configured to detect the steering angle of the steering handle unit. An actuator can be arranged... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080090475 - Watercraft propulsion system and operation control method therefor: A watercraft propulsion system can be a hybrid type watercraft propulsion system including an engine and an electric motor both working as drive power sources for a propeller. When an operating lever instructs a speed reduction assist mode as a stopping mode, a controller can stop the engine and reverse... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP