A vessel propulsion apparatus includes an engine and a propulsion unit to be driven by the engine. The engine includes a cylinder head including a combustion chamber and a pair of intake openings to communicate with the combustion chamber. The engine further includes a pair of intake ports respectively including a pair of downstream portions respectively connected to the pair of intake openings. A distance between the pair of downstream portions decreases toward the pair of intake openings.
F02B 61/04 - Adaptations of engines for driving vehicles or for driving propellers; Combinations of engines with gearing for driving propellers
F02M 35/16 - Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines characterised by use in vehicles
An outboard motor includes a first housing, a second housing, a propeller shaft, and a steering mechanism. The steering mechanism includes a first pinion gear, a second pinion gear, a first rack, and a second rack. The first pinion gear is connected to the first housing or the second housing. The second pinion gear is connected to the first pinion gear. The first rack includes first teeth. The first teeth mesh with the first pinion gear and are arranged side by side with each other in a first direction. The first rack is movable in the first direction. The second rack includes second teeth. The second teeth mesh with the second pinion gear and are arranged side by side with each other in a second direction. The second teeth have a smaller module than the plurality of first teeth. The second rack is movable in the second direction.
An outboard motor includes a first housing, a second housing, and a steering mechanism. The steering mechanism is operable to steer the second housing around a steering axis. The steering mechanism includes a pinion gear, a first rack, and a second rack. The pinion gear is connected to the first housing or the second housing. The first rack includes first teeth and a first relief portion. The first teeth mesh with the pinion gear and are arranged side by side with each other in a first direction. The first relief portion does not mesh with the pinion gear and allows the pinion gear to idle. The first rack is movable in the first direction. The second rack includes second teeth. The second teeth mesh with the pinion gear and are arranged side by side with each other in a second direction. The second rack is movable in the second direction.
An electric straddled vehicle includes an electric component, a case, a breather hose, and a cap. The case accommodates the electric component. The breather hose has a first end and a second end that are opposite to each other, the first end being connected to the case. The cap is breathable and waterproof, and is attached to the second end of the breather hose.
A marine propulsion system includes a first marine propulsion device and a second marine propulsion device. The first marine propulsion device includes an engine, a first propeller shaft to receive a driving force from the engine, and a first controller configured or programmed to control the engine. The second marine propulsion device includes an electric motor, a second propeller shaft to receive a driving force from the electric motor, an electric circuit connected to the electric motor to drive the electric motor, and a second controller configured or programmed to control the electric motor. The first controller is configured or programmed to put a limitation on an output of the engine when the electric motor is not being driven.
An electric vehicle for a race, including a drive wheel, an electric motor linked to the drive wheel, a battery that supplies power to the electric motor, a remaining battery level detection unit that detects a remaining level of the battery, a control unit that controls the electric motor, and a throttle operator that is connected to the control unit and is operated by a rider when the rider adjusts an output of the electric motor. The control unit includes a motor control section that controls the output of the electric motor based on an amount of operation of the throttle operator, a power consumption rate calculation section that calculates a power consumption rate of the electric motor after a start of the race, and a travelable time estimation section that estimates a travelable time based on the remaining level and the power consumption rate.
B60L 15/20 - Methods, circuits or devices for controlling the propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles, e.g. their traction-motor speed, to achieve a desired performance; Adaptation of control equipment on electrically-propelled vehicles for remote actuation from a stationary place, from alternative parts of the vehicle or from alternative vehicles of the same vehicle train for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
B60L 58/10 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
7.
WATER JET PROPULSION BOAT AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING BOW-UP ATTITUDE OF WATER JET PROPULSION BOAT
A water jet propulsion boat includes a hull, a drive source in the hull, a jet propulsion mechanism to generate a propulsive force for the hull by ejecting a jet of water with a driving force from the driving source, a jet stream changer to change at least one of a jet stream direction and a jet stream force of the jet of water from the jet propulsion mechanism, a tilt detector to output a detection signal according to a tilt angle of the hull, and a controller configured or programmed to execute an angle difference calculation to calculate an angle difference between the tilt angle of the hull and a target angle of the hull for a bow-up attitude based on the detection signal from the tilt detector, and a feedback process to reduce the angle difference by changing at least one of the jet stream direction or the jet stream force by the jet stream changer.
B63B 34/10 - Power-driven personal watercraft, e.g. water scooters ; Accessories therefor
B63B 79/40 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation for controlling the operation of vessels, e.g. monitoring their speed, routing or maintenance schedules
An electric vehicle, including a vehicle body, a controlled device mounted to the vehicle body, and a control device configured to electrically control the controlled device. The control device includes a case member that is mounted to the vehicle body and that has an internal space formed therein, a control board mounted to the case member in the internal space, an electronic component mounted to the control board in the internal space, and a supporting structure provided on an inner surface of the case member and configured to support the electronic component, such that the electronic component is partially exposed in the internal space.
A vehicle, including: a body frame; a saddle-style seat provided on the body frame; a pair of front wheels provided at a front portion of the body frame; a pair of rear wheels provided at a rear portion of the body frame; an engine provided in the body frame and including a crank shaft extending in a width direction of the vehicle; and a footrest provided at the body frame and including a first step and a second step provided behind the first step and extending diagonally rearward. The crank shaft is located between an upper end and a lower end of the second step in a height direction of the vehicle, and further rearward than the second step in a fore-aft direction of the vehicle.
B62K 5/007 - Cycles with four or more wheels, specially adapted for disabled riders, e.g. personal mobility type vehicles with four wheels power-driven
F02M 35/16 - Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines characterised by use in vehicles
An end effector includes an imaging device, first and second contact-move members for grabbing a target object, an actuator, and a control device. When, in an image captured by the imaging device, the target object is located within a target-object-grabbing area between a first-contact-move-member-passage area through which a distal end portion of the first contact-move member passes and a second-contact-move-member-passage area through which a distal end portion of the second contact-move member passes in a predetermined-shaped obstacle exclusion area including the target object, the control device adjusts positions of the first contact-move member and the second contact-move member such that the first and second contact-move members pass through the obstacle exclusion area when the end effector moves to a grabbing position.
An outboard motor includes a lower portion including a propeller shaft, an upper portion including a drive source to provide a rotational force to rotate the propeller shaft, and a support portion to rotatably support the lower portion relative to the upper portion about a steering shaft and rotate integrally with the lower portion. The upper portion includes a water pump assembly to suck up water from the lower portion through the support portion and supply the water to the drive source. When viewed along a shaft line direction of the steering shaft, the water pump assembly overlaps the lower portion at a first rotation position of the lower portion with respect to the upper portion, and at least a portion of the water pump assembly does not overlap the lower portion at a second rotation position of the lower portion with respect to the upper portion.
An electric power unit includes: an electric motor; a motor shaft disposed in the electric motor; an output shaft that outputs power of the electric power unit; a power transmission mechanism that is connected to the motor shaft and the output shaft and transmits power of the motor shaft to the output shaft; and a torsion damper disposed in the power transmission mechanism.
B62M 21/00 - Transmissions characterised by use of resilient elements therein
B60L 15/20 - Methods, circuits or devices for controlling the propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles, e.g. their traction-motor speed, to achieve a desired performance; Adaptation of control equipment on electrically-propelled vehicles for remote actuation from a stationary place, from alternative parts of the vehicle or from alternative vehicles of the same vehicle train for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
B62M 7/02 - Motorcycles characterised by position of motor or engine with engine between front and rear wheels
F16D 3/12 - Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive adapted to specific functions specially adapted for accumulation of energy to absorb shocks or vibration
An outboard motor includes a lower portion including a propeller shaft, an upper portion including a drive source to provide a rotational force to rotate the propeller shaft, a support portion to rotatably support the lower portion relative to the upper portion about a steering shaft and rotate integrally with the lower portion, a water pump assembly in the upper portion to supply water to the drive source, and a water inlet including a first filter in the lower portion to take in external water. A water channel extends from the water inlet to the water pump assembly, and a seal is between a fixed portion fixed with respect to the upper portion and the support portion. A second filter, which has a mesh size smaller than a mesh size of the first filter, is in the water channel upstream of the seal and downstream of the water inlet.
An end effector includes: a target-object-positioning mechanism provided at a body member and including a first contact-move member, a second contact-move member and an opening-closing member that make contact with a part of a target object and position a portion of the target object at a processing position; and a processing mechanism provided at the body member and processing the portion of the target object positioned at the processing position. The first contact-move member and the second contact-move member intersect each other inside the opening-closing member. Portions forward of the intersection portion in the first and second contact-move members make contact with the opening-closing member by an elastic restoring force of an elastic member. The opening-closing member, when moved from a rear position to a front position, applies a forward force to the first and second contact-move members so that they are moved in a direction approaching each other.
A water jet propulsion boat includes a hull, a jet generator, a direction changer, a steering device, and a shift mechanism. The direction changer is pivotable with respect to the hull about a first pivot axis extending along a first direction and about a second pivot axis extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The shift mechanism includes a first actuator to shift a first portion of the direction changer in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction, and a second actuator to shift a second portion of the direction changer in the third direction. The first pivot axis is between the first and second portions when viewed in the first direction, and both the first and second portions are on one side of the first direction with respect to the second pivot axis when viewed in the second direction.
An armature portion includes a first and second armature core, and a core coupling portion that magnetically couples the first armature core to the second armature core. The first and second armature core includes magnetic pole groups that are magnetically coupled, respectively. A first and second magnetic flux are formed in the armature portion by magnets. A first magnetic circuit in which the first magnetic flux flows includes three magnetic pole groups, magnetic field cores, and the magnets. A second magnetic circuit in which the second magnetic flux flows includes two magnetic pole groups, a core coupling structure, the magnetic field cores, and the magnets. This structure reduces magnetic saturation of the magnetic circuit formed on the armature portion and eliminate the need to magnetically divide the armature cores in the machine moving direction, thereby increasing the intensity of the armature.
An ID management unit allocates a first connection ID to a first vehicle in a first period and allocates the first connection ID to a second vehicle in a second period. A correction information acquisition unit connects to a distribution device using the first connection ID and receives correction information for the first vehicle from the distribution device in the first period. The correction information acquisition unit connects to the distribution device using the first connection ID and receives the correction information for the second vehicle from the distribution device in the second period. With the system, it is possible to reduce waste of connection IDs necessary for connection to the distribution device that distributes correction information for realizing high-accuracy positioning.
A straddled vehicle, including: an engine, which includes a combustion chamber; a three-way catalyst, which is configured to purify exhaust gas exhausted from the combustion chamber; an upstream oxygen sensor, which is provided upstream of the three-way catalyst in a flow direction of the exhaust gas, and is configured to detect an oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas; a downstream oxygen sensor, which is provided downstream of the three-way catalyst in the flow direction of the exhaust gas, and is configured to detect the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas; and a controller, which includes a processor, and a non-transitory storage medium containing program instructions, execution of which by the processor causes the controller to execute a detachment determination process of determining whether the three-way catalyst is detached at least based on a signal input as a signal of the downstream oxygen sensor.
F01N 11/00 - Monitoring or diagnostic devices for exhaust-gas treatment apparatus
F01N 3/10 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
A boat maneuvering system includes an operating unit including an operator, and a controller configured or programmed to control a magnitude and a direction of a propulsion force generated by a propulsion device of a boat in response to an operation performed on the operating unit. When a hold start operation is performed on the operating unit during boat maneuvering using the operator, the controller shifts to a first boat maneuvering state to perform a hold control to hold a control index that is at least either one of an index correlated with the magnitude of the propulsion force generated by the propulsion device or a velocity of the boat. When a steering operation is performed on the operator in the first boat maneuvering state, the controller changes the direction of the propulsion force generated by the propulsion device while maintaining the first boat maneuvering state.
A fuel remaining amount measuring apparatus for a boat includes a fuel tank containing fuel, a load sensor to measure a weight of the fuel tank, and a corrector to receive a measured value of the weight of the fuel tank detected by the load sensor. The corrector is operable to correct an error due to at least one of a movement or a tilt of the boat.
G01F 23/20 - Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measurement of weight, e.g. to determine the level of stored liquefied gas
G01P 15/18 - Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration in two or more dimensions
B63B 79/10 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation using sensors, e.g. pressure sensors, strain gauges or accelerometers
B63H 21/38 - Apparatus or methods specially adapted for use on marine vessels, for handling power plant or unit liquids, e.g. lubricants, coolants, fuels or the like
B63H 21/14 - Use of propulsion power plant or units on vessels the vessels being motor-driven relating to internal-combustion engines
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic sensors and monitoring devices for monitoring automated manufacturing and assembly processes; electronic detectors for observing and measuring automated manufacturing and assembly of electronics by processing images in the field of industrial process monitoring; apparatus and instruments for inspecting products, namely, video cameras, cameras, display monitors, apparatus for recording images, image sensors, computer hardware for processing digital images; cameras containing image sensors; cameras; image sensors for industrial robots; sensors for measuring distance, position and proximity not for medical use; manufacturing equipment, namely, display monitors, computers, image sensors, video cameras, and downloadable operating system software and downloadable application software to detect product location and movement; object recognition apparatus, namely, object shape analytical measuring instruments using scanners in the nature of data processing apparatus and central processing units; downloadable software for processing digital images
A vehicle includes at least three wheels including a steered wheel, at least one drive source to drive at least two of the wheels, and a front suspension including an upper arm and a lower arm supporting the steered wheel. In a state where the vehicle is stationary on a level road surface, an anhedral angle of the lower arm is larger than an anhedral angle of the upper arm, and a difference between the anhedral angle of the lower arm and the anhedral angle of the upper arm is 5 degrees or more.
A vehicle includes a vehicle-body frame, a seat, wheels, a power source to generate a force to drive one of the wheels, a controller, and an inclination sensor to detect an inclination, in at least one of pitch or roll of the vehicle-body frame. The controller is configured or programmed to control a vehicle speed in at least one of a direction of advancing or reversing of the vehicle generated by driving the one wheel by the force from the power source depending on the inclination of the vehicle-body frame detected by the inclination sensor.
B60L 15/20 - Methods, circuits or devices for controlling the propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles, e.g. their traction-motor speed, to achieve a desired performance; Adaptation of control equipment on electrically-propelled vehicles for remote actuation from a stationary place, from alternative parts of the vehicle or from alternative vehicles of the same vehicle train for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
A61G 5/04 - Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs motor-driven
A sponson device attachable to a watercraft body of a jet propelled watercraft includes a bow sponson located forward of a center of gravity of the jet propelled watercraft. The bow sponson protrudes from the watercraft body in a right-and-left direction, and is movable to a first position and a second position to adjust a trim of the watercraft body during turning of the jet propelled watercraft.
B63B 1/28 - Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving additional lift from hydrodynamic forces of hydrofoil type with movable hydrofoils
B63B 34/10 - Power-driven personal watercraft, e.g. water scooters ; Accessories therefor
B63B 1/26 - Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving additional lift from hydrodynamic forces of hydrofoil type having more than one hydrofoil
B63B 1/24 - Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving additional lift from hydrodynamic forces of hydrofoil type
An internal combustion engine includes: a crankshaft; a crankcase that supports the crankshaft; an oil tank that is at least partially partitioned by the crankcase; a scavenge pump including a first intake port and a first discharge port; a feed pump including a pump shaft, a second intake port and a second discharge port, oil that has been sucked in through the second intake port as the pump shaft rotates being discharged through the second discharge port; a scavenge discharge passageway connecting the first discharge port of the scavenge pump to the oil tank; and a feed intake passageway connecting the oil tank to the second intake port of the feed pump. As viewed from the axial direction of the pump shaft, at least a portion of the feed pump and the oil tank overlap each other.
An internal combustion engine includes: a crankshaft; a starter motor including a motor shaft; a starter gear fixed to the crankshaft, for receiving a driving force from the motor shaft; a one-way clutch that is interposed between the crankshaft and the starter gear, the one-way clutch being configured to transmit a driving force from the starter gear to the crankshaft, and to block a driving force from the crankshaft to the starter gear; and a balancer including a balancer drive gear fixed to the crankshaft and a balancer driven gear that is driven by the balancer drive gear to thereby rotate. The one-way clutch and the balancer drive gear are formed integrally.
A vehicle includes a seat on which a passenger is to be seated, a rear suspension to support rear wheels, and a drive source to drive the rear wheels. Pivots of the rear suspension are located forward relative to a rotation shaft of the rear wheels. A relationship WB/Dw≤2.5 is satisfied, where WB is a wheelbase of the vehicle, and Dw is an outer diameter of the rear wheels. A relationship 3.0≤Hs/Hp is satisfied, where Hp is a height from a level road surface to the pivots, and Hs is a distance in an up-down direction between an upper end portion of a front portion of the seat and a line of action where a reaction of a driving force that the rear wheels receive from the road surface acts on the pivots.
A one-occupant electric vehicle includes a seat to allow an occupant to sit thereon, a footboard to allow the occupant to place his/her feet thereon, front wheels and at least one rear wheel, and a motor to drive at least one of the wheels. A ratio of a diameter of the front wheels to a total length of the vehicle as measured in a front-rear direction is not less than 0.26, and a front portion of the seat on which the thighs of the occupant are to be placed is located higher than a rear portion of the seat on which the buttocks of the occupant are to be placed, and a rearmost point of a surface of the footboard on which the feet are to be placed is located rearward of a forwardmost point of an upper surface of the seat.
B62K 5/007 - Cycles with four or more wheels, specially adapted for disabled riders, e.g. personal mobility type vehicles with four wheels power-driven
The component storehouse storing the tray in the tray storage rack (tray storage part) is notified of the magazine preparation command indicating the component to be held in the slot of the magazine. In response to this, the component storehouse includes the working robot (work implementation part) that conducts a predetermined work including the tray extraction work, the tray placement work, and the pallet insertion work. The working robot prepares the magazine where the component indicated by the magazine preparation command is held in the slot. In this way, it becomes possible to prepare the magazine automatically where the pallet is inserted in the slot with the tray housing the component placed on the pallet, thereby allowing manpower-saving in component replenishment.
A method of rewriting programs of first and second electronic controllers includes transmitting data for rewriting each of the programs to each of the first and second electronic controllers with a common identifier through a communication network, causing the first electronic controller to rewrite the program thereof when the first electronic controller determines to rewrite the program thereof, causing the first electronic controller not to rewrite the program thereof when the first electronic controller determines not to rewrite the program thereof, causing the second electronic controller to rewrite the program thereof when the second electronic controller determines to rewrite the program thereof, and causing the second electronic controller not to rewrite the program thereof when the second electronic controller determines not to rewrite the program thereof.
A method of rewriting programs of first and second electronic controllers includes transmitting data for rewriting each of the programs to each of the first and second electronic controllers with a common identifier through a communication network when batch rewriting of the programs is determined to be executed with respect to each of the first and second electronic controllers, transmitting the data for rewriting each of the programs to the first electronic controller with a first identifier when the batch rewriting of the programs is determined not to be executed with respect to the first electronic controller, and transmitting the data for rewriting each of the programs to the second electronic controller with a second identifier when the batch rewriting of the programs is determined not to be executed with respect to the second electronic controller.
A system includes a marine propulsion device, an input, and a controller. The input outputs an operating signal indicating a first mode selected in accordance with an operation thereof, and the controller receives the operating signal. When it is intended to move the watercraft to a target spot from a first spot in the first mode, the controller is configured or programmed to select in which mode, including a bow mode that orients a bow of the watercraft toward the target spot, and a stern mode that orients a stern of the watercraft toward the target spot, the marine propulsion device is controlled depending on a position of the target spot with respect to the first spot so as to control the marine propulsion device such that the watercraft is moved from the first spot to the target spot in the bow mode or the stern mode.
B63H 25/42 - Steering or dynamic anchoring by propulsive elements; Steering or dynamic anchoring by propellers used therefor only; Steering or dynamic anchoring by rudders carrying propellers
B63H 25/04 - Initiating means for steering automatic, e.g. reacting to compass
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
A straddled vehicle includes a front wheel, a brake, a front fork, an upper bracket, a steering shaft, a cover, a connecting portion, a bolt, and a brake hose. The upper bracket is connected to the front fork. The steering shaft is connected to the upper bracket. The cover is disposed in front of the front fork. The connecting portion connects the cover and the upper bracket. The connecting portion includes a fixing portion and a linkage portion. The fixing portion is fixed to the upper bracket. The linkage portion is disposed between the cover and the fixing portion. The linkage portion is located below an upper surface of the upper bracket in an axial direction of the steering shaft. The bolt vertically passes through the fixing portion. The brake hose extends from the brake, through behind the cover, and through above the linkage portion.
A straddled vehicle includes a front wheel, a front fork, a cover, a brake, a brake hose, and a protector. The front fork rotatably supports the front wheel. The cover is disposed in front of the front fork. The brake is attached to the front wheel. The brake hose is connected to the brake and extends upward behind the cover. The protector is attached to the brake hose. The brake hose includes a first hose, a second hose, and a shrink tube. The second hose is provided separately from the first hose. The shrink tube is disposed behind the cover and connects the first hose and the second hose. The protector is disposed behind the cover and covers the shrink tube.
B62J 23/00 - Other protectors specially adapted for cycles
B62J 11/16 - Supporting arrangements specially adapted for fastening specific devices to cycles, e.g. supports for attaching maps for mechanical cables, hoses, pipes or electric wires, e.g. cable guides specially adapted for hoses or pipes, e.g. hydraulic, pneumatic, coolant or air filter hoses
B62J 17/00 - Weather guards for riders; Fairings or stream-lining parts not otherwise provided for
An air cleaner includes an air cleaner case, an element disposed in the air cleaner case, and an intake port disposed in the air cleaner case. With respect to an imaginary plane extending in opposite first and second directions, opposite third and fourth directions, and opposite fifth and sixth directions that are perpendicular to each other, the air cleaner case includes a first half located at a side of the fifth direction and a second half located at a side of the sixth direction, with respect to an imaginary plane in which the first to fourth directions extend. The intake port is formed in the first half of the air cleaner case. The air cleaner case includes a closed wall at a position substantially symmetric to a position of the intake port with respect to the imaginary plane.
F02M 35/16 - Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines characterised by use in vehicles
An outboard motor includes an engine, a propeller shaft, a propeller attached to the propeller shaft, a transmission to transmit rotation of the engine to the propeller shaft, an upper accommodation body accommodating a portion of the engine, a lower accommodation body accommodating a portion of the propeller shaft, and a steering to cause the lower accommodation body to rotate about a steering axis with respect to the upper accommodation body. The upper accommodation body includes an upper exhaust channel including an upper exhaust port that communicates with the engine. The lower accommodation body includes a lower exhaust channel including a lower exhaust port. The upper exhaust channel and the lower exhaust channel are switchable between a communication state of communicating with each other and a non-communication state of not communicating with each other based on a rudder angle of the steering.
B63H 20/16 - Transmission between propulsion power unit and propulsion element allowing movement of the propulsion element in a horizontal plane only, e.g. for steering
An outboard motor includes an engine, a propeller shaft, a propeller attached to the propeller shaft, a transmission to transmit rotation of the engine to the propeller shaft, an upper accommodation body accommodating at least a portion of the engine, a lower accommodation body accommodating at least a portion of the propeller shaft, and a steering to cause the lower accommodation body to rotate about a steering axis with respect to the upper accommodation body. The upper accommodation body includes an upper coolant channel. The lower accommodation body includes a lower coolant channel including a coolant intake port. A communication area between the upper and lower coolant channels is changeable according to a rudder angle of the steering.
An outboard motor includes a steering mechanism switchable between a state in which a pinion is rotated by a first drive source such that an outboard motor body is steerable within a first steering angle range, and a state in which the pinion is rotated by a second drive source such that the outboard motor body is steerable within a second steering angle range different from the first steering angle range.
B63H 25/42 - Steering or dynamic anchoring by propulsive elements; Steering or dynamic anchoring by propellers used therefor only; Steering or dynamic anchoring by rudders carrying propellers
B63H 25/52 - Parts for steering not otherwise provided for
In a boat including a hull, when the hull is moved laterally based on an output from the outboard motor, the hull rolls, which may cause discomfort to a user or passengers. To compensate for this, a lateral movement control method for the boat including the hull and the outboard motor includes generating a propulsion force to laterally move the hull with the output of the outboard motor, and executing a roll reduction process to reduce a roll angle of the hull at a time of laterally moving the hull.
G05D 1/08 - Control of attitude, i.e. control of roll, pitch, or yaw
B63B 39/06 - Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude to decrease vessel movements by using foils acting on ambient water
B63B 79/40 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation for controlling the operation of vessels, e.g. monitoring their speed, routing or maintenance schedules
42.
PROPULSION DEVICE FOR MARINE VESSEL AND OUTBOARD MOTOR
A propulsion device for a marine vessel includes a driving source including at least one electric motor, a propeller including blades with changeable pitches and rotatable around a central axis of a propeller shaft together with the propeller shaft, a propeller shaft rotation driver to transmit a driving force from the driving source to the propeller shaft and rotate the propeller shaft around the central axis, and a pitch change driver to transmit the driving force from the driving source to the blades and change pitches of the blades. The propeller shaft rotation driver includes a first shaft, and the pitch change driver includes a second shaft closer to a bow side of the marine vessel than the first shaft.
A friction clutch includes: a clutch shaft; a clutch housing; a clutch boss; a clutch sleeve; a plurality of first plates supported by a first sleeve portion of the clutch housing; a plurality of second plates supported by a second sleeve portion of the clutch sleeve; a pressure plate; a spring urging the pressure plate toward the first and second plates; and an absorber interposed between the clutch sleeve and the clutch boss. The absorber is disposed in a first direction relative to a second disk portion of the clutch boss and in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, relative to a third disk portion of the clutch sleeve.
A marine vessel that is able to inform a vessel operator that an attachment is attached includes a hull and a controller configured or programmed to function as a judging unit to judge whether or not an attachment that is attachable and detachable to and from the hull is attached to the hull, and to function as a notifying unit to, in a case of being judged by the judging unit that the attachment is attached, execute a notification process to notify the vessel operator that the attachment is attached to the hull.
B63B 79/40 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation for controlling the operation of vessels, e.g. monitoring their speed, routing or maintenance schedules
B63H 21/21 - Control means for engine or transmission, specially adapted for use on marine vessels
B63H 21/14 - Use of propulsion power plant or units on vessels the vessels being motor-driven relating to internal-combustion engines
B63B 49/00 - Arrangements of nautical instruments or navigational aids
F02D 29/02 - Controlling engines, such controlling being peculiar to the devices driven thereby, the devices being other than parts or accessories essential to engine operation, e.g. controlling of engines by signals external thereto peculiar to engines driving variable-pitch propellers
F02D 41/00 - Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
A small marine vessel includes a hull and an outboard motor attached to the hull to be rotatable about a first axis extending along a front-rear direction of the hull and to be movable in an up-down direction of the hull so as to more actively contribute to the maneuverability of the small marine vessel.
The invention includes: an axial nozzle member having a tip portion configured to adsorb a component; a holder member configured to slidably hold the nozzle member in a nozzle projection direction parallel to an axis line of the nozzle member; an urging member configured to generate an urging force to slide the nozzle member in the nozzle projection direction and cause the tip portion of the nozzle member to be projected from the holder member; and a locking part configured to locking the nozzle member projected from the holder member by the urging force, to thereby position the tip portion of the nozzle member at a projection limit position. The locking part locks the nozzle member at a first locking position and a second locking position which are asymmetric with respect to the axis line. Thus, a rotational moment is given to the nozzle member projected in the nozzle projection direction by the urging force in a rotation direction which is uniquely determined by a relative relationship between the first locking position and the second locking position with respect to the axis line.
A parts tower that stores reels storing components to be mounted on substrates includes storing sections storing the reels, loading and unloading sections in which the reels are disposed, a moving section that moves the reels inside the parts tower, an operation section receiving an instruction of unloading of the reels, and a controller. Some of the storing sections that are disposed around the loading and unloading sections are defined as unloading waiting sections. The controller performs a first moving process in which the reels that are to be unloaded relatively early among the stored reels to the unloading waiting sections are moved by the moving section before receiving the instruction of unloading the reels, and a second moving process in which the reels stored in the unloading waiting sections are moved to the loading and unloading sections by the moving section in response to receiving the instruction.
A marine vessel to improve a transmission characteristic of a rescue signal when the marine vessel is capsized includes a transmission source to transmit a rescue signal to a vicinity above a water surface both when the marine vessel is not capsized and when the marine vessel is capsized.
An apparatus for judging presence or absence of an abnormality of a marine vessel includes a controller configured or programmed to function as an estimating unit to estimate a marine vessel speed and a pitch angle of a hull of the marine vessel based on a propulsion force of a marine vessel propulsion device and an attitude of the marine vessel propulsion device and a judging unit, and a measuring unit to measure an actual marine vessel speed and an actual pitch angle. The judging unit judges the presence or absence of the abnormality based on at least one of a comparison result between the estimated marine vessel speed estimated by the estimating unit and the actual marine vessel speed measured by the measuring unit or a comparison result between the estimated pitch angle estimated by the estimating unit and the actual pitch angle measured by the measuring unit.
B63B 79/30 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation for diagnosing, testing or predicting the integrity or performance of vessels
B63B 79/40 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation for controlling the operation of vessels, e.g. monitoring their speed, routing or maintenance schedules
A handlebar assembly including: an upper bracket rotatable with a steering shaft; a handlebar extending in a left-right direction; a handle holder supporting the handlebar and including: a pair of handlebar supporting sections positioned respectively on left and right sides of the steering shaft, a main body positioned away from the handlebar supporting sections in an up-down direction view, and a pair of connecting arm sections connecting the handlebar supporting sections to the main body; a pair of supporting connecting sections connecting the handlebar supporting sections to the upper bracket, where the handle holder is displaceable in the up-down and/or lateral direction; and a body connecting section connecting the main body to the upper bracket. A distance between each of the supporting connecting sections and the body connecting section, in the up-down direction view, is greater than a sum of a width and a thickness of each connecting arm section.
G01L 5/22 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring the force applied to control members, e.g. control members of vehicles, triggers
54.
MARINE VESSEL AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MARINE VESSEL
A marine vessel includes a hull, left and right propulsion devices attached to a stern of the hull, left and right drive units to change a rotation angle of the left and right propulsion devices about left and right tilt shafts, and to set an angle at which a position of a lower portion of the left and right propulsion devices becomes highest as a maximum rotation angle, left and right lift mechanisms to change a vertical position of the left and right propulsion devices with respect to the hull, and a controller configured or programmed to function as a judging unit to judge whether or not a displacement in a roll direction of the hull has occurred, and a control unit to control the left and right drive units and the left and right lift mechanisms.
B63B 79/40 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation for controlling the operation of vessels, e.g. monitoring their speed, routing or maintenance schedules
55.
MARINE VESSEL THAT SUITABLY TRANSMITS RESCUE SIGNAL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
A marine vessel to transmit a rescue signal includes a hull, a propulsion force generator to generate a propulsion force to propel the hull, and a controller. In the marine vessel, the controller is configured or programmed to acquire vessel speed information regarding a vessel speed of the hull, and determine whether or not rescue is necessary based on the vessel speed information in a case where operation of the propulsion force generator is stopped.
B63B 79/40 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation for controlling the operation of vessels, e.g. monitoring their speed, routing or maintenance schedules
B63B 79/10 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation using sensors, e.g. pressure sensors, strain gauges or accelerometers
B63H 21/21 - Control means for engine or transmission, specially adapted for use on marine vessels
56.
DEVICE FOR SEEKING WORKPIECE HOLDING FORM FOR ROBOT HAND AND METHOD THEREFOR
A device for seeking a workpiece holding form for a robot hand and a method for seeking a workpiece holding form executes a predetermined number of times a process for generating a holding form to hold the workpiece with the robot hand based on a mounted state of the workpiece, holding the workpiece with the robot hand in the generated holding form, causing the robot hand to execute a predetermined movement thereafter, and then determining an evaluation score to evaluate the holding form while generating different holding forms.
An automatic feeder arrangement support system is in a component mounting line including a component mounting device that includes a component supply device and a mounting head configured to pick up components from component supply tapes and mount the components on a substrate. The automatic feeder arrangement support system includes a component shortage time calculation section and a component shortage detection section. The component shortage time calculation section is configured to calculate component shortage time data based on production plan data and substrate data related to substrate. The component shortage detection section is configured to perform a simulation and detect whether component shortage occurs or not based on the component shortage time data and workable time data for a replenishment work of manual feeders.
A suction tip that sucks a biological subject includes a base tip and a sub-tip. The base tip includes a distal end portion having a distal end opening, and a tubular passage connected to the distal end opening. The sub-tip includes a suction port that sucks the biological subject, and a guide passage having one end connected to the suction port and the other end that receives the distal end portion of the base tip. The base tip and the sub-tip are coupled and integrated by externally fitting the other end of the guide passage to the distal end portion, the integration forming one suction path in which the tubular passage and the guide passage communicate with each other. The suction port has a size smaller than a size of the distal end opening.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
38 - Telecommunications services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
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Computer software applications; application software; application programs; computer software; computer programs; computer hardware; computers; personal digital assistants; telecommunication machines and apparatus; measuring or testing machines and instruments; downloadable maps, sound, music, images, videos, moving images and textual information; downloadable music files; downloadable image files; electronic publications; simulators for the steering and control of vehicles Telecommunications; providing information in the field of telecommunications; computer aided transmission of messages and images; providing internet chatrooms; providing access to multimedia content on-line; transmission of multimedia content via the Internet; broadcasting of multimedia content via the Internet; rental of telephone sets, facsimile and other communication equipment Computer programming; providing computer programs on data networks; computer software consultancy; updating of computer software; software as a service [SaaS]; information technology [IT] support services [troubleshooting of software]; providing virtual computer systems through cloud computing; technological advice relating to computers, automobiles and industrial machines; platform as a service [PaaS]; user authentication services using single sign-on technology for online software applications; providing online geographic maps, not downloadable
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
38 - Telecommunications services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
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(1) Computer software applications; application software; application programs; computer software; computer programs; computer hardware; computers; personal digital assistants; telecommunication machines and apparatus; measuring or testing machines and instruments; downloadable maps, sound, music, images, videos, moving images and textual information; downloadable music files; downloadable image files; electronic publications; simulators for the steering and control of vehicles. (1) Telecommunications; providing information in the field of telecommunications; computer aided transmission of messages and images; providing internet chatrooms; providing access to multimedia content on-line; transmission of multimedia content via the Internet; broadcasting of multimedia content via the Internet; rental of telephone sets, facsimile and other communication equipment.
(2) Computer programming; providing computer programs on data networks; computer software consultancy; updating of computer software; software as a service [SaaS]; information technology [IT] support services [troubleshooting of software]; providing virtual computer systems through cloud computing; technological advice relating to computers, automobiles and industrial machines; platform as a service [PaaS]; user authentication services using single sign-on technology for online software applications; providing online geographic maps, not downloadable.
12 - Land, air and water vehicles; parts of land vehicles
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(1) Motorcycles, motor scooters, mopeds, three-wheeled motorcycles, three-wheeled motor scooters, three-wheeled mopeds, electric motorcycles, electric scooters, electric mopeds, three-wheeled electric motorcycles, three-wheeled electric scooters, three-wheeled electric mopeds and structural parts for all the aforesaid goods; engines and motors for land vehicles.
62.
STRADDLED VEHICLE WITH A HANDLEBAR AND ELECTRIC STEERING DEVICE
A straddled vehicle, including a vehicle body having a rotatable handlebar; a steerable wheel, operation of which is transmitted mechanically to steer the steerable wheel; an actuator configured to apply a steering assisting force to the steerable wheel in accordance with the operation of the handlebar; and a control device configured to control the actuator by outputting a first physical quantity related to the steering assisting force, in accordance with a second physical quantity related to the operation of the handlebar. The control device performs, in response to an external instruction or fulfillment of a condition, setting or changing a dead band, which is a predetermined range of the second physical quantity in which the first physical quantity is not outputted even with the operation of the handlebar, and/or setting or changing an output increasing range in which as the second physical quantity increases, the outputted first physical quantity increases.
12 - Land, air and water vehicles; parts of land vehicles
Goods & Services
Motorcycles, motor scooters, mopeds, three-wheeled motorcycles, three-wheeled motor scooters, three-wheeled mopeds, electric motorcycles, electric scooters, electric mopeds, three-wheeled electric motorcycles, three-wheeled electric scooters, three-wheeled electric mopeds and structural parts for all the aforesaid goods; engines and motors for land vehicles
An on-board system includes electrical components mounted on a bicycle that have been individually identified. Each of the electrical components performs some functionality of the bicycle. At least one of the electrical components is detachable from the bicycle. The electrical components, when mounted on the bicycle, are electrically connected to each other. At least one of the electrical components includes a storage to store individual identification information about an authenticated electrical component. The functionality of the bicycle implementable by at least one of the electrical components mounted on the bicycle that have been individually identified varies depending on whether a combination of the individually identified electrical components matches the individual identification information about the authenticated electrical components stored in the storage.
A linear conveyor includes a linear motor stator including a stator including a core and a coil, and a magnetic sensor configured to detect a position of a slider. The linear conveyor further includes a magnetic shielding member arranged between the magnetic sensor and the linear motor stator and configured to shield magnetic flux from the linear motor stator toward the magnetic sensor.
H02K 11/01 - Structural association of dynamo-electric machines with electric components or with devices for shielding, monitoring or protection for shielding from electromagnetic fields
H02K 11/215 - Magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-effect or magneto-resistive elements
An outboard motor includes a bracket, an upper case, a lower case, a drive shaft, a propeller shaft, a cooling water passage, a water pump, and an electric motor. The outboard motor is attached to a watercraft via the bracket. The upper case is below the engine. The lower case is below the upper case. The drive shaft is in the upper case and the lower case. The propeller shaft is connected to the drive shaft. The propeller shaft is in the lower case. The cooling water passage is connected to the engine. The cooling water passage is in the upper case and the lower case. The water pump is below a lower end of the bracket to deliver cooling water to the engine through the cooling water passage. The electric motor is operable to drive the water pump.
An outboard motor includes an upper case, a lower case, a transmission, a clutch, a cooling water passage, a first pump, and a second pump. The transmission is operable to transmit the driving force of the engine. The clutch is connected to the transmission. The cooling water passage is connected to the engine. The cooling water passage is located in the upper case and the lower case. The first pump is connected to the transmission via the clutch. The first pump is driven by the driving force of the engine to send cooling water to the engine through the cooling water passage. The second pump is connected to the transmission. The second pump is driven by the driving force of the engine to send the cooling water to the engine through the cooling water passage.
A conveyance device includes a slider, a conveyance unit, a magnetic scale for detecting a position of the slider, and a magnetic sensor for detecting magnetism of the magnetic scale. The magnetic scale includes a plurality of tracks arranged in parallel, and magnetization start positions and magnetization end positions of some tracks of the plurality of tracks are shifted to a side opposite to an end portion of the track from magnetization start positions and magnetization end positions of the other tracks.
G01D 5/245 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means generating pulses or pulse trains using a variable number of pulses in a train
69.
SPEED CONTROL METHOD FOR MARINE VESSEL, AND MARINE VESSEL
A speed control method to control a speed of a marine vessel includes determining a vessel speed based on a first moving average value which is a moving average value of a vertical speed of a hull, or a moving average value of a vertical acceleration of the hull, and based on an occurrence probability density distribution of a wave height.
B63B 79/40 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation for controlling the operation of vessels, e.g. monitoring their speed, routing or maintenance schedules
B63H 21/21 - Control means for engine or transmission, specially adapted for use on marine vessels
70.
SPEED CONTROL METHOD FOR MARINE VESSEL, AND MARINE VESSEL
A speed control method for a marine vessel includes applying a subtraction process to a throttle opening of a power source of the marine vessel based on a vertical speed of a hull of the marine vessel.
B63H 21/21 - Control means for engine or transmission, specially adapted for use on marine vessels
B63B 79/40 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation for controlling the operation of vessels, e.g. monitoring their speed, routing or maintenance schedules
71.
OUTBOARD MOTOR, ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM, AND WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM
An outboard motor includes an engine, a propeller to generate a propulsive force by the drive force of the engine, a lithium ion capacitor, a starter motor to be actuated by a power supply from the lithium ion capacitor to crank the engine, a starter relay provided on a starting power supply line between the lithium ion capacitor and the starter motor, a start switch to be turned on by an engine starting operation by a user to energize a coil of the starter relay from the lithium ion capacitor so as to turn on the starter relay, and a charging controller including a switch to connect the lithium ion capacitor to a charging power source to charge the lithium ion capacitor during the driving of the engine, and to disconnect the lithium ion capacitor from the charging power source when the driving of the engine is stopped.
A watercraft propulsion system includes an engine, a propeller to be driven by the engine, a generator to be driven by the engine, a rectifier regulator connected to the generator, and a charging controller configured or programmed to control charging of a battery with power generated by the rectifier regulator such that an inductive voltage of the generator approaches one half an inter-terminal voltage of the battery.
A reverse bucket for a jet propulsion device includes a vertical ridge line that faces a discharge opening of a deflector to make a marine vessel move backward, a first inlet region and a second inlet region separated by the ridge line to receive water discharged from the discharge opening, first and second outlet regions to discharge the water received by the first and second inlet regions to the outside, and first and second guide regions to guide the water received by the first and second inlet regions to the first and second outlet regions. The first inlet region, the first guide region, and the first outlet region define a first recess portion including a first opening that faces the discharge opening. The second inlet region, the second guide region, and the second outlet region define a second recess portion including a second opening that faces the discharge opening.
A marine vessel maneuvering system that is able to avoid a collision with an object includes a controller configured or programmed to function as a judging unit to judge whether or not there is a collision possibility of a collision between an object and a marine vessel, wherein the controller is configured or programmed to execute a deceleration control in response to the judging unit judging that there is the collision possibility.
A marine propulsion device includes a controller configured or programmed to perform a control to suppress an engine rotation speed. The controller is configured or programmed to perform an initial misfire control to determine whether or not a cylinder of the engine is caused to misfire in order to suppress the engine rotation speed when it is determined that an initial sudden increase in the engine rotation speed that causes over-revving has occurred based on a detection result from a rev-up detector, and perform a subsequent misfire control to determine whether or not the cylinder is caused to misfire in order to suppress the engine rotation speed when it is determined that a subsequent sudden increase in the engine rotation speed that causes the over-revving has occurred following the initial sudden increase in the engine rotation speed based on the detection result from the rev-up detector.
A leaning vehicle or a straddled vehicle, including a vehicle body, a light source unit, a light using device, an optical fiber cable, an electrical power supply unit, a plurality of electrical units, and an electrical cable. The vehicle body includes a seat and a body cover. The optical fiber cable has a supported portion disposed along, and supported by, a trunk portion of the electrical cable, and an upstream portion connecting the light source unit and the supported portion without being supported by the trunk portion. The supported portion and the upstream portion are partially disposed within an in-body covered region, which is at least one of a region closer to a vehicle center than an outermost surface of the body cover is, or a region positioned further in a downward direction than an uppermost portion of the seat is, both being invisible from an outside of the vehicle.
A vehicle having: a vehicle body; a plurality of light-emitting parts; a light source configured to output a laser beam to the light-emitting parts; a fiber optic cable that constitutes a part of a laser beam path, the fiber optic cable having a most upstream branch portion; a single shared laser driver board controlling laser beam source elements in the single light source; and at least one laser light-emission-manner converter, each disposed in, or downstream of, the most upstream branch portion, to thereby cause each light-emitting part downstream from said each light-emission-manner converter to change a light-emission manner thereof. The laser light-emission-manner converter and/or the single shared laser driver board are at least partially disposed in an in-body covered region, which is disposed further downward than, and in a plan view of the vehicle overlaps, any of a fuel tank, a dummy tank, a foot board, and a seat.
A vehicle that is the leaning vehicle or the straddled vehicle includes a fiber optic cable extending from a laser beam source unit to both a forward light-emitting part and a rearward light-emitting part via a forward-rearward branch portion, the fiber optic cable allowing a laser beam emitted from the laser beam source unit to be branched in the forward-rearward branch portion, and then supplied to both the forward light-emitting part and the rearward light-emitting part. A length of the fiber optic cable between the laser beam source unit and the forward-rearward branch portion is shorter than a total length of the fiber optic cable between the forward-rearward branch portion and the forward light-emitting part and between the forward-rearward branch portion and the rearward light-emitting part in a side view of the vehicle.
B60Q 1/00 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
B60Q 1/04 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
B60Q 1/56 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for illuminating registrations or the like
B62J 6/022 - Headlights specially adapted for motorcycles or the like
A collision information providing system provides information about a collision with a marine vessel, and includes a controller configured or programmed to function as a judging unit to judge whether or not there has been a collision of an object with a marine vessel, an information obtaining unit to obtain information about the collision when the judging unit judges that there has been the collision, and a providing unit to provide the information obtained by the information obtaining unit.
B63B 79/40 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation for controlling the operation of vessels, e.g. monitoring their speed, routing or maintenance schedules
B63B 79/15 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation using sensors, e.g. pressure sensors, strain gauges or accelerometers for monitoring environmental variables, e.g. wave height or weather data
G07C 5/08 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time
A straddled vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a bracket, and a footrest. The bracket is attached to the vehicle body frame. The footrest is movably supported by the bracket to be in one of an expanded position and a folded position. In the expanded position, the footrest extends outward from the vehicle body frame in the left-right direction. In the folded position, the footrest is rotated upward from the expanded position. The bracket includes a base portion and an extending portion. The base portion is disposed along the vehicle body frame. The extending portion extends outward from the base portion in the left-right direction. The footrest includes a contact portion that contacts the bracket at the folded position. The extending portion includes a receiving surface that contacts the contact portion, and that is located at an outer edge in the left-right direction of the extending portion.
An outboard motor includes an engine, an upper case, a lower case, a cavitation plate, a transmission, a cooling water passage, a first pump, and a second pump. The transmission includes a drive shaft and a propeller shaft. The cooling water passage is connected to the engine and located in the upper case and the lower case. The first pump is above the cavitation plate. The first pump is connected to the drive shaft and operable to send cooling water to the engine through the cooling water passage. The second pump is drivable by the driving force from the transmission to send the cooling water to the engine through the cooling water passage.
A system for controlling a watercraft includes a data communication module, a device system, an electric power supply, and a controller. The data communication module is operable to perform wireless communication with an external computer. The device system includes at least one electric device. The electric power supply provides electric power to the data communication module and the device system. The controller is configured or programmed to switch between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the controller provides electric power to the data communication module by the electric power supply during both activation and deactivation of the device system. In the second mode, the controller provides electric power to the data communication module by the electric power supply during the activation of the device system, but stops providing electric power to the data communication module by the electric power supply during the deactivation of the device system.
A system includes a data communication module, a position sensor, and a controller. The position sensor is operable to detect a position of a watercraft. The controller is configured or programmed to send at least one of functional information, trouble information, or operational information to an external computer through a data communication module. In the functional information, an automatic control function of a marine propulsion device and the position of the watercraft when the automatic control function is used are associated with each other. In the trouble information, a trouble in the marine propulsion device and the position of the watercraft when the trouble occurred are associated with each other. In the operational information, an operational pattern performed by a user for the marine propulsion device and the position of the watercraft when the operational pattern is performed are associated with each other.
B63H 25/42 - Steering or dynamic anchoring by propulsive elements; Steering or dynamic anchoring by propellers used therefor only; Steering or dynamic anchoring by rudders carrying propellers
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INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM
An information processing method includes displaying a water-based map on a display unit, accepting an operation by an administrator, storing a selected tile by the administrator in a storage unit as a particular tile from among a plurality of tiles resulting from division of an area on the water-based map into a mesh pattern, detecting a present location of a ship at a predetermined time interval, and notifying an alert when the ship enters a water area corresponding to the particular tile.
A motor control system for use in an electric vehicle includes an accelerator lever operable by a user, a controller configured or programmed to control an electric motor to generate a drive power to drive the electric vehicle, wherein a rotation speed of the electric motor is increased in response to an increase in a first rotation angle in a first rotation direction of the accelerator lever from a reference position of the accelerator lever, and a first torsion spring including a coil portion inside of which a rotation shaft of the accelerator lever extends to apply a first elastic force in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction. The controller is configured or programmed to perform a control to stop the electric motor upon detecting that the first rotation angle is equal to or greater than a first predetermined rotation angle.
H02P 23/18 - Controlling the angular speed together with angular position or phase
A61G 5/04 - Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs motor-driven
B60K 26/02 - Arrangement or mounting of propulsion-unit control devices in vehicles of initiating means or elements
B60L 15/20 - Methods, circuits or devices for controlling the propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles, e.g. their traction-motor speed, to achieve a desired performance; Adaptation of control equipment on electrically-propelled vehicles for remote actuation from a stationary place, from alternative parts of the vehicle or from alternative vehicles of the same vehicle train for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
G05G 5/03 - Means for enhancing the operator's awareness of the arrival of the controlling member at a command or datum position; Providing feel, e.g. means for creating a counterforce
G05G 5/05 - Means for returning or tending to return controlling members to an inoperative or neutral position, e.g. by providing return springs or resilient end-stops
G05G 5/04 - Stops for limiting movement of members, e.g. adjustable stop
H02P 23/20 - Controlling the acceleration or deceleration
An outboard motor includes a bracket, an engine, an upper case, a lower case, a cavitation plate, a transmission, a cooling water passage, a first pump, and a second pump. The transmission includes a drive shaft and a propeller shaft. The cooling water passage is connected to the engine and located in the upper case and the lower case. The first pump is below a lower end of the bracket. The first pump is connected to the transmission and operable to send cooling water to the engine through the cooling water passage. The first pump is a non-positive displacement pump. The second pump is driven by a driving force from the transmission and operable to send the cooling water to the engine through the cooling water passage.
A marine propulsion device information transmitting and receiving system includes a watercraft and a server. The watercraft includes an engine and a controller to control the engine. The controller encrypts an operating time of the engine and data related to the engine with an encryption key associated with information unique to the engine. The watercraft includes a communicator to transmit the information unique to the engine, the encrypted operating time of the engine, and the encrypted data related to the engine to the server. The server decrypts the encrypted operating time of the engine and the encrypted data related to the engine with the encryption key associated with the information unique to the engine, and determines whether or not the decrypted data related to the engine are genuine based on the decrypted operating time of the engine.
G07C 5/08 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time
B63B 79/10 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation using sensors, e.g. pressure sensors, strain gauges or accelerometers
B63B 79/40 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation for controlling the operation of vessels, e.g. monitoring their speed, routing or maintenance schedules
B63H 21/21 - Control means for engine or transmission, specially adapted for use on marine vessels
F02D 29/02 - Controlling engines, such controlling being peculiar to the devices driven thereby, the devices being other than parts or accessories essential to engine operation, e.g. controlling of engines by signals external thereto peculiar to engines driving variable-pitch propellers
B63B 79/30 - Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation for diagnosing, testing or predicting the integrity or performance of vessels
G07C 5/00 - Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
A watercraft positional information managing system in which GPS-based positional information is prevented from being falsified includes a server and a watercraft. The watercraft includes a propulsion device and a communicator to communicate with the server. The communicator includes a position detector to detect positional information of the watercraft. The propulsion device includes an engine and a controller configured or programmed to control the engine. The controller is connected to the communicator and outputs data related to the engine to the communicator. The communicator transmits the data related to the engine and the positional information of the watercraft to the server. The server receives the data related to the engine and the positional information of the watercraft and determines whether or not the positional information of the watercraft is genuine based on the data related to the engine.
A leaning vehicle including a body frame that has a head pipe and a frame member extending rearward from the head pipe, a suspension plate attached to the frame member, and a drive source attached to the suspension plate. The suspension plate includes a first plate and a second plate stacked together in a left-right direction of the leaning vehicle. A dimension of the first plate in a the left-right direction is smaller than a dimension thereof in a front-rear direction of the leaning vehicle and a dimension thereof in an up-down direction of the leaning vehicle. A dimension of the second plate in the left-right direction is smaller than a dimension thereof in the front-rear direction and a dimension thereof in the up-down direction. The first plate and the second plate are in slidable contact with each other.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
12 - Land, air and water vehicles; parts of land vehicles
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(1) Application software; application software for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; application programs; application programs for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; computer software; computer hardware; computers; personal digital assistants; telecommunication machines and apparatus; vehicular radio communication machines and apparatus; measuring or testing machines and instruments; downloadable maps, sound, music, images, videos, moving images and textual information; downloadable image files for use in the field of vehicles; electronic publications in the field of vehicles; simulators for the steering and control of vehicles.
(2) Motorcycles, motor scooters, mopeds, three-wheeled motorcycles, three-wheeled motor scooters, three-wheeled mopeds and structural parts for all the aforesaid goods.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
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(1) Application software; application software for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; application programs; application programs for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; computer software; computer hardware; computers; personal digital assistants; telecommunication machines and apparatus; vehicular radio communication machines and apparatus; measuring or testing machines and instruments; downloadable maps, sound, music, images, videos, moving images and textual information; downloadable image files for use in the field of vehicles; downloadable electronic publications in the field of vehicles; simulators for the steering and control of vehicles. (1) Analysis of technical data; software as a service [SaaS]; software as a service [SaaS] for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; platform as a service [PaaS]; platform as a service [PaaS] for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; providing online geographic maps, not downloadable; technological advice relating to computers, automobiles and industrial machines and consultancy and information services relating thereto; computer programming for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; providing computer programs on data networks for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
12 - Land, air and water vehicles; parts of land vehicles
Goods & Services
Application software; application software for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; application programs; application programs for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; computer software; computer hardware; computers; personal digital assistants; telecommunication machines and apparatus; vehicular radio communication machines and apparatus; measuring or testing machines and instruments; downloadable maps, sound, music, images, videos, moving images and textual information; downloadable image files for use in the field of vehicles; electronic publications in the field of vehicles; simulators for the steering and control of vehicles Motorcycles, motor scooters, mopeds, three-wheeled motorcycles, three-wheeled motor scooters, three-wheeled mopeds and structural parts for all the aforesaid goods
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Application software; application software for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; application programs; application programs for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; computer software; computer hardware; computers; personal digital assistants; telecommunication machines and apparatus; vehicular radio communication machines and apparatus; measuring or testing machines and instruments; downloadable maps, sound, music, images, videos, moving images and textual information; downloadable image files for use in the field of vehicles; downloadable electronic publications in the field of vehicles; simulators for the steering and control of vehicles Analysis of technical data; software as a service [SaaS]; software as a service [SaaS] for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; platform as a service [PaaS]; platform as a service [PaaS] for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; providing online geographic maps, not downloadable; technological advice relating to computers, automobiles and industrial machines and consultancy and information services relating thereto; computer programming for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice; providing computer programs on data networks for vehicle navigation, collection of driving information data, analysis of driving information, driving evaluation or driving advice
94.
OVERBOARD DETECTION SYSTEM, AND WATERCRAFT INCLUDING THE OVERBOARD DETECTION SYSTEM
An overboard detection system includes a fob to be carried by a user on a watercraft, an overboard sensor to detect a user overboard event when the user carrying the fob falls overboard, and a communicator on the watercraft to wirelessly communicate with the fob and to transmit a rescue intention notification indicating a rescue intention to the fob carried by the user involved in the overboard event. The fob includes a transmitter operable to provide the rescue intention notification to the overboard user upon reception of the rescue intention notification.
An ignition timing controller includes a storage and a processor configured or programmed to function as an ignition timing control section and a knocking determining section. The storage stores at least one of a first ignition timing map associated with a first fuel or a second ignition timing map associated with a second fuel more likely to cause knocking of an internal combustion engine than the first fuel. The ignition timing control section controls the ignition timing based on the first ignition timing map by executing a timing retardation based on the first ignition timing map when it is determined that knocking of the internal combustion engine has occurred. The ignition timing control section controls the ignition timing of the internal combustion engine based on the second ignition timing map by executing a timing advancement correction based on the second ignition timing map when it is determined that the knocking of the internal combustion engine has not occurred.
A watercraft maneuvering system includes a watercraft maneuvering input on a watercraft operable by an operator of the watercraft so as to command generation of a propulsive force, a controller on the watercraft and configured or programmed to control operation of a propulsion system of the watercraft according to the operation of the watercraft maneuvering input, and a disembarkation sensor to detect disembarkation of the operator from the watercraft. The controller is configured or programmed to perform an operation state maintaining control operation to maintain the propulsion system in a propulsive force non-generation state when the disembarkation sensor detects that the operator has disembarked from the watercraft irrespective of the operation of the watercraft maneuvering input.
A watercraft control system comprises a digital controller that controls outboard propulsion units to produce a predetermined lateral thrust to hold a watercraft against a docking structure during a dock holding mode, sets at least one of a target position and a target heading based on at least one of a current position and a current heading during the dock holding mode, and performs a correction operation to restore at least one of the target position and the target heading by generating at least one of a forward-rear thrust using the outboard propulsion units upon determining a deviation of the current position from the target position and a moment using the outboard propulsion units upon determining the current heading has deviated from the target heading while generating the predetermined lateral thrust during the dock holding mode.
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
B63H 25/42 - Steering or dynamic anchoring by propulsive elements; Steering or dynamic anchoring by propellers used therefor only; Steering or dynamic anchoring by rudders carrying propellers
98.
OUTBOARD MOTOR CAPABLE OF BEING TILTED UP AND TRIMMED IN, AND MARINE VESSEL THEREWITH
An outboard motor includes a main body including a power source and a bracket to be attached to a stern of a hull. The main body is rotatable about a rotating shaft of the bracket such that an upper portion of the main body moves toward a front of a marine vessel and a lower portion of the main body moves toward a rear of the marine vessel, or such that the upper portion of the main body moves toward the rear of the marine vessel and the lower portion of the main body moves toward the front of the marine vessel. When the marine vessel is cruising, a distance from the rotating shaft to an upper end of the stern in a vertical direction of the marine vessel is equal to or longer than a distance from the rotating shaft to a propeller shaft in the vertical direction of the marine vessel.
B63H 20/22 - Transmission between propulsion power unit and propulsion element allowing movement of the propulsion element about at least a horizontal axis without disconnection of the drive, e.g. using universal joints
B63H 20/18 - Transmission between propulsion power unit and propulsion element allowing movement of the propulsion element about a longitudinal axis, e.g. the through transom shaft
B63H 21/17 - Use of propulsion power plant or units on vessels the vessels being motor-driven by electric motor
An electric scooter includes a front wheel and a rear wheel, an electric motor, a floorboard between the front and rear wheels, a seat behind and diagonally above the floorboard, a container box below the seat and including a first front wall, a first left side wall, and a first right side wall, a cover including a second front wall covering the first front wall, a second left side wall covering the first left side wall, and a second right side wall covering the first right side wall, and a first electrical component between the first and second front walls, a second electrical component between the first and second left side walls, and a third electrical component between the first and second right side walls.
A marine vessel maneuvering support apparatus includes a controller configured or programmed to execute a lateral movement mode, in which a lateral thrust is applied to a hull, by controlling at least two propulsion devices in response to receiving an instruction to laterally move the hull. The controller is configured or programmed to control the propulsion devices so as to generate a thrust to pivot-turn the hull at least at a start of the lateral movement mode.
B63H 25/04 - Initiating means for steering automatic, e.g. reacting to compass
B63H 25/42 - Steering or dynamic anchoring by propulsive elements; Steering or dynamic anchoring by propellers used therefor only; Steering or dynamic anchoring by rudders carrying propellers