Yanmar Co., Ltd.

Takayuki Toda

Hisanori Mori

Junichi Hitachi

Mitsuhiro Nakagaki

Toshio Imanaka

Hiroyasu Yukino

A power generating and propelling system of a vessel has an electric power generating device () installed between an internal combustion engine () and a transmission (). A stator () of the generating device () is built in a flywheel housing () of the internal combustion engine () or a casing () connected to the flywheel housing (). A rotary shaft of the generating device () is disposed coaxially or eccentrically parallel to a crankshaft () of the internal combustion engine () or an input shaft () of the transmission () in the same direction with the crankshaft () of the internal combustion engine ().

Power generating and propelling system of vessel

An electric power generating equipment () is provided between an internal combustion engine () and a power transmission device (), and an electric motor () is disposed at an area of the power transmission device. An output shaft () of the electric motor () is disposed coaxially to any of rotary shafts of the power transmission device ().

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Osaka, Japan

Takayuki Toda