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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Koyano, Shizuoka, JP;
Hirotaka Aoki, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 25/02 (2006.01); B63H 20/12 (2006.01); B63H 25/02 (2006.01); B63H 20/16 (2006.01); B63H 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/12 (2013.01); B63H 20/16 (2013.01); B63H 25/02 (2013.01); B63H 2020/003 (2013.01); B63H 2025/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A watercraft includes a transversely leftward moving switch and a transversely rightward moving switch attached to a steering wheel. A controller is configured or programmed to control a marine propulsion device so as to move a vessel body of the watercraft transversely leftward when the transversely leftward moving switch is operated. The controller is configured or programmed to control the marine propulsion device so as to move the vessel body transversely rightward when the transversely rightward moving switch is operated.