The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Inventors:
Takuma Matsunaga, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomohiro Hagi, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/12 (2006.01); B63H 20/00 (2006.01); B63H 20/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/12 (2013.01); B63H 20/001 (2013.01); B63H 20/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An outboard motor includes an outboard motor body, a steering shaft, a steering cylinder including a piston rod extending in a right-left direction of the outboard motor body, a piston fixed to the piston rod, and a cylinder body including an oil chamber and the piston therein, and an oil passage inside the piston rod and connected to the oil chamber. The steering cylinder is operable to rotate the steering shaft and the outboard motor body in the right-left direction by adjusting an amount of oil in the oil chamber and moving the cylinder body in the right-left direction.