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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2017
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Takayoshi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Akihiro Onoue, Shizuoka, JP;
Satoshi Ishikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Kohei Yamaguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A propulsion system for a vessel includes an engine propulsion unit that provides a propulsive force to a hull by using an engine as a power source, an electric propulsion unit that provides a propulsive force to the hull by using an electric motor as a power source, a storing mechanism that is displaced from an actuating position to actuate the electric propulsion unit to a storing position to store the electric propulsion unit and performs a storing operation to store the electric propulsion unit, and an interlock controller that interlocks a storing operation of the storing mechanism with generation of a propulsive force by the engine propulsion unit.