Abstract: An information processor includes: a display configured to display a symbol display area on which symbols are displayable; and a controller programmed to execute the processes of: (1a) randomly determining symbols to be displayed outside a symbol display area; (1b) displaying, outside the symbol display area, the symbols determined in the process (1a); (1c) randomly determining a combination of symbols to be displayed in the symbol display area; (1d) displaying, in the symbol display area, the combination of the symbols determined in the process (1c); (1e) when a predetermined condition is satisfied, displaying a predetermined number of symbols out of the symbols displayed outside the symbol display area in the process (1b) in the symbol display area, in accordance with the satisfied predetermined condition; and (1f) after the process (1e), awarding a benefit in accordance with a combination of the symbols displayed in the symbol display area.

Abstract: An electric propulsion device includes a duct having a cylindrical shape and that includes a stator. A rim includes a rotor rotatable relative to the duct, and a plurality of fins. A bracket supports the duct so as to allow the duct to turn about a turning axis that intersects with the rotation axis of the rim, and a turning actuator that integrally turns the duct and the rim. The turning actuator is fixed to the bracket, and the duct is turnable relative to the bracket.

Abstract: The frequency of repetition of a bonus game is easily adjusted. An information processor 1 executes processes of: starting a base game on a display 2; in the base game, determining a bonus trigger at a predetermined probability based on base game probability determination data; running, on the display, a bonus game based on bonus game probability determination data with which the game can be more advantageous than the base game, when the bonus trigger is determined; and executing a random determination game including random determination of whether to continue the bonus game based on random determination game probability determination data which is different from the base game probability determination data and the bonus game probability determination data, after the running of the bonus game.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine housed in a cowling and disposed above an upper case housing a driveshaft. A gear mechanism transmits a rotation of the driveshaft to a propeller shaft housed in a lower case disposed below the upper case. The gear mechanism is housed in an oil storage chamber of the lower case and is lubricated by a lubricating oil inside the oil storage chamber. An oil passage includes a lower oil port opening at the oil storage chamber, an upper oil port positioned higher than the lower case, and a longitudinal passage extending in an up/down direction inside the lower case.

Abstract: A marine propulsion device includes a power source, a steering handle, and an accelerator grip that moves with respect to the steering handle. A movement region of the accelerator grip includes a forward movement rotation region, a reverse movement rotation region and an axis movement region. In the forward movement rotation region, the accelerator grip is operated to rotate so as to obtain a drive force in a forward movement direction. In the reverse movement rotation region the accelerator grip is operated to rotate so as to obtain a drive force in a reverse movement direction. The axis movement region is provided between the forward movement rotation region and the reverse movement rotation region. In the axis movement region, the accelerator grip is moved in the extensional direction of a rotation axis.

Abstract: A boat maneuvering system includes a power source, a first operating device configured to operate the power source, a first controller configured to control the power source, a second controller configured to accept an operation instruction input from the first operating device and to output a control signal to the first controller, a first electric power line that connects the power source to a battery to convey electric power therebetween, a second electric power line that connects the second controller to the battery to convey electric power therebetween, a communication path that connects the first controller and the second controller to convey a signal therebetween, and a signal conversion portion provided on the communication path to electrically separate the first and second controllers.

Abstract: A boat maneuvering system includes a power source, a first controller that controls the power source, a display device that has a touch panel function and displays an operation screen configured to operate the movement of a boat, and a second controller that is communicatively connected to the first controller and enables an operation of the boat through the operation screen when detecting a plurality of operations on the display device simultaneously.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine housed in a cowling and disposed above an upper case housing a driveshaft. A gear mechanism transmits a rotation of the driveshaft to a propeller shaft housed in a lower case disposed below the upper case. The gear mechanism is housed in an oil storage chamber of the lower case and is lubricated by a lubricating oil inside the oil storage chamber. An oil passage includes a lower oil port opening at the oil storage chamber, an upper oil port positioned higher than the lower case, and a longitudinal passage extending in an up/down direction inside the lower case.

Abstract: A marine propulsion device includes an engine, a driving shaft coupled to the engine and configured to transmit power, a first cooling water pump configured to be driven by the driving force of the driving shaft and to pump cooling water to cool the engine, a cooling water path configured to supply the cooling water sent by the first cooling water pump to the engine, and a pressurization mechanism arranged in a water passage upstream of a suction port of the first cooling water pump and configured to apply pressure to the cooling water supplied to the suction port of the first cooling water pump.

Abstract: A boat maneuvering system, including a first power source having a first controller, a first operating device having a second controller configured to receive a first operation instruction and to output a first control signal for controlling the first power source, a second power source provided separately from the first power source, and a second operating device provided separately from the first operating device for operating the first and second power sources. The second operating device includes a third controller provided on a communication path connecting the first and second controllers, the third controller being configured to receive the first control signal, generate a second control signal, and output the second control signal to the first controller, and to receive a second operation instruction via the second operating device, generate a third control signal, and output the third control signal to the second power source.

Abstract: A boat maneuvering system includes a power source, a first operating device configured to operate the power source, a first controller configured to control the power source, a second controller configured to accept an operation instruction input from the first operating device and to output a control signal to the first controller, a first electric power line that connects the power source to a battery to convey electric power therebetween, a second electric power line that connects the second controller to the battery to convey electric power therebetween, a communication path that connects the first controller and the second controller to convey a signal therebetween, and a signal conversion portion provided on the communication path to electrically separate the first and second controllers.

Abstract: A boat maneuvering system, including a first power source having a first controller, a first operating device having a second controller configured to receive a first operation instruction and to output a first control signal for controlling the first power source, a second power source provided separately from the first power source, and a second operating device provided separately from the first operating device for operating the first and second power sources. The second operating device includes a third controller provided on a communication path connecting the first and second controllers, the third controller being configured to receive the first control signal, generate a second control signal, and output the second control signal to the first controller, and to receive a second operation instruction via the second operating device, generate a third control signal, and output the third control signal to the second power source.

Abstract: A boat maneuvering system includes a power source, a first controller that controls the power source, a display device that has a touch panel function and displays an operation screen configured to operate the movement of a boat, and a second controller that is communicatively connected to the first controller and enables an operation of the boat through the operation screen when detecting a plurality of operations on the display device simultaneously.

Abstract: An electric propulsion device includes a duct having a cylindrical shape and that includes a stator. A rim includes a rotor rotatable relative to the duct, and a plurality of fins. A bracket supports the duct so as to allow the duct to turn about a turning axis that intersects with the rotation axis of the rim, and a turning actuator that integrally turns the duct and the rim. The turning actuator is fixed to the bracket, and the duct is turnable relative to the bracket.

Abstract: A marine propulsion device includes a power source, a steering handle, and an accelerator grip that moves with respect to the steering handle. A movement region of the accelerator grip includes a forward movement rotation region, a reverse movement rotation region and an axis movement region. In the forward movement rotation region, the accelerator grip is operated to rotate so as to obtain a drive force in a forward movement direction. In the reverse movement rotation region the accelerator grip is operated to rotate so as to obtain a drive force in a reverse movement direction. The axis movement region is provided between the forward movement rotation region and the reverse movement rotation region. In the axis movement region, the accelerator grip is moved in the extensional direction of a rotation axis.

Abstract: A marine propulsion device includes an engine, a driving shaft coupled to the engine and configured to transmit power, a first cooling water pump configured to be driven by the driving force of the driving shaft and to pump cooling water to cool the engine, a cooling water path configured to supply the cooling water sent by the first cooling water pump to the engine, and a pressurization mechanism arranged in a water passage upstream of a suction port of the first cooling water pump and configured to apply pressure to the cooling water supplied to the suction port of the first cooling water pump.

Abstract: An improved arrangement of an outboard motor reduces the size of the outboard motor and improves a lubrication system of the outboard motor. Intake and exhaust passages are located along a side of a cylinder body. A crank case lubricant return passage is located on the same side of the cylinder body as the intake and exhaust passages. The return passages have openings located on an inner surface of the crank case. A breather passage connecting a cam chamber and an lubricant reservoir are located on a side of the cylinder body opposite the intake and exhaust passage. The lubricant reservoir including a drain and an insertion port. The insertion port being pointed towards the drain.

Abstract: A outboard motor mounting system where there is a device for connecting the steering shaft to the drive shaft housing and lower unit comprised of an attaching bracket at least partially encircling and engaging the drive shaft housing and lower unit. There is also a splash plate to deflect water splashed by the driveshaft housing and lower unit that is formed integrally with the attaching bracket comprising a surface extending forwardly and laterally from the main body of the attaching bracket.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement for an outboard motor having a body which is connected to a watercraft mounting bracket by at least one mount is disclosed. The mount includes a resilient isolating member having a spring constant in a direction parallel to an axis extending from the front to the rear of the motor which is greater than its spring constant in direction parallel to a second line extending transverse to the first line. So arranged, the frequency of the excitation force applied to the isolating member over normal engine operating speeds does not correspond to the natural frequency of the isolating member in either direction, and resonant modes are avoided.

Abstract: A tilting assembly for an outboard drive unit including a tilt locking means for selectively engaging a stop member, a tilt releasing means for disengaging the locking means from the stop member, a tilt holding means for selectively engaging a holder portion of a clamp bracket and a biasing means for biasing the holding means towards or away from the holder portion of the clamp bracket. The releasing means and biasing means are operatively associated through a single-piece lever that is configured so that the holding means is biased away from the holder portion when the stopping member is engaged by the locking means and towards the holder portion when the stopping member is disengaged from the locking means.