Patents by Inventor Shinji Shutou

Shinji Shutou 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: 5957740
    Abstract: A damper which can be easily fitted to the engine E of a personal watercraft W having little space, said damper damping the torsional vibration caused by the torsional stress acting on the crankshaft 1 of the engine E mounted in a personal watercraft W. A flange 2, which is a component of the coupling D that couples the crankshaft 1 and the propeller shaft 11 of a propulsion pump P, is fixed to the end of the crankshaft 1 which is adjacent to the pump P. The damper includes a damping mass fixed via an elastomeric member 4 to the periphery of a flange 2 in such a manner that the mass 5 can elastically move with respect to the crankshaft 1 in the direction of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshimoto Matsuda, Shinji Shutou