Abstract: A seating apparatus for a boat comprising a one piece base to which is affixed a seat. The seat has a back portion divided into two parts, lower and upper, by a living hinge and a bench portion. In another embodiment a footrest portion is also included. In that embodiment, the footrest and bench portions are integrally formed and are separated by another living hinge. The seating apparatus is simply constructed of a sandwich material with outer layers comprising polyethylene and a core comprising foam. The seating apparatus is also easy to use and may be moved quickly and easily between a bench style configuration and a lounge configuration.

Abstract: Proportional control of the output of an alternator achieved mechanically to change the reluctance of the magnetic path between the stator and the rotor and thereby change the electrical output of the alternator.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an engine assembly comprising an engine block, a crankshaft rotatably mounted in the engine block and having an end and an axis, a flywheel fixed to the end of the crankshaft and including a first flux plate including a plurality of angularly spaced pole pieces extending axially away from the end of the crankshaft, a second flux plate axially spaced from the first flux plate and including a plurality of angularly spaced pole pieces extending toward the first flux plate and being spaced from and inter-digitated between the pole pieces of the first flux plate, a core extending axially between the first and second flux plates, a coil located in surrounding relation to the core and radially inwardly of the pole pieces and between the first and second flux plates, and a stator coil stationarily mounted on the engine block in outward, radially adjacent relation to the pole pieces, and slip ring means mounted on the flywheel and on the engine block and connected to the coil for energization there