Patents by Inventor Jun NAKATANI

Jun NAKATANI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11945556
    Abstract: A posture control system for a hull includes trim tab main bodies as posture control plates attached to a stern of the hull to control the posture of the hull. Trim tab actuators drive the trim tab main bodies. Engines generate a propulsive force on the hull. A controller controls the trim tab actuators. Based on a throttle opening angle of the engines, the controller determines a time when the trim tab main bodies are to be lowered by the trim tab actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jun Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20220411037
    Abstract: A control system for posture control tabs of a marine vessel assists operations of a steering control. The posture control tabs are mounted on a stern of a hull to move up or down to control a posture of the hull. Actuators actuate the respective posture control tabs. When a steering instruction is provided through the steering control, a processor determines the posture control tab to be actuated and controls the actuator corresponding to the posture control tab determined to be actuated so as to change the position of the determined posture control tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Jun NAKATANI
  • Patent number: 11511833
    Abstract: A posture control system for a hull includes a movable posture control plate. An outboard motor is attached to the hull and is movable with respect to the hull. A controller is configured or programmed to control movement of the posture control plate and movement of the outboard motor so as to control the posture of the hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Jun Nakatani, Satoru Hamada
  • Patent number: 11465726
    Abstract: A control system for posture control tabs of a marine vessel assists operations of a steering control. The posture control tabs are mounted on a stern of a hull to move up or down to control a posture of the hull. Actuators actuate the respective posture control tabs. When a steering instruction is provided through the steering control, a processor determines the posture control tab to be actuated and controls the actuator corresponding to the posture control tab determined to be actuated so as to change the position of the determined posture control tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jun Nakatani
  • Patent number: 11459070
    Abstract: A posture control system for a hull offers a more comfortable ride to crew on a marine vessel. A posture control tab is mounted on a stern of the hull and controls the posture of the hull. An actuator actuates the posture control tab. At least one propeller generates a propulsive force for the hull. An engine turns the propeller. A controller controls the actuator according to at least one of engine torque generated by the engine and propeller torque generated by the propeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jun Nakatani
  • Patent number: 11414162
    Abstract: A control system for a marine vessel that has a propulsion device including an engine. The control system has an opening angle adjustment device configured to adjust a throttle opening angle of the engine, and a controller including a computing device and a non-transitory storage medium containing program instructions. The execution of the program instructions by the computing device causes the controller to judge whether or not a hull of the marine vessel has entered a planing state, set a predetermined mode in which the planing state is maintained, and upon determining that the predetermined mode is set and that the hull has entered the planing state, control the opening angle adjustment device to keep the hull in the planing state even when the hull has decelerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Jun Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20210291943
    Abstract: A posture control system for a hull includes a movable posture control plate. An outboard motor is attached to the hull and is movable with respect to the hull. A controller is configured or programmed to control movement of the posture control plate and movement of the outboard motor so as to control the posture of the hull.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi INOUE, Jun NAKATANI, Satoru HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20210188406
    Abstract: A posture control system for a hull includes trim tab main bodies as posture control plates attached to a stern of the hull to control the posture of the hull. Trim tab actuators drive the trim tab main bodies. Engines generate a propulsive force on the hull. A controller controls the trim tab actuators. Based on a throttle opening angle of the engines, the controller determines a time when the trim tab main bodies are to be lowered by the trim tab actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Jun NAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20210107617
    Abstract: A control system for posture control tabs of a marine vessel assists operations of a steering control. The posture control tabs are mounted on a stern of a hull to move up or down to control a posture of the hull. Actuators actuate the respective posture control tabs. When a steering instruction is provided through the steering control, a processor determines the posture control tab to be actuated and controls the actuator corresponding to the posture control tab determined to be actuated so as to change the position of the determined posture control tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Jun NAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20210086876
    Abstract: A control system for a marine vessel that has a propulsion device including an engine. The control system has an opening angle adjustment device configured to adjust a throttle opening angle of the engine, and a controller including a computing device and a non-transitory storage medium containing program instructions. The execution of the program instructions by the computing device causes the controller to judge whether or not a hull of the marine vessel has entered a planing state, set a predetermined mode in which the planing state is maintained, and upon determining that the predetermined mode is set and that the hull has entered the planing state, control the opening angle adjustment device to keep the hull in the planing state even when the hull has decelerated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi INOUE, Jun NAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20210086875
    Abstract: A posture control system for a hull offers a more comfortable ride to crew on a marine vessel. A posture control tab is mounted on a stern of the hull and controls the posture of the hull. An actuator actuates the posture control tab. At least one propeller generates a propulsive force for the hull. An engine turns the propeller. A controller controls the actuator according to at least one of engine torque generated by the engine and propeller torque generated by the propeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Jun NAKATANI