Patents by Inventor Ryutaro IWAKI

Ryutaro IWAKI 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).

  • Publication number: 20230332554
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ryutaro IWAKI, Junsei SUZUKI, Taichiro NANNICHI, Tomoyuki KASHIWAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11498647
    Abstract: A control system for a marine vessel that includes a drive source and an operator that receives an operation is able to switch a control mode of the drive source without providing an additional operator. An operation received by the operator when the drive source is resting is disabled, and a function of switching a control mode of the drive source is assigned to the operation of the operator that is received when the drive source is resting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryutaro Iwaki, Shigeyuki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11161585
    Abstract: A boat includes an engine, an input that receives an input operation performed by an operator, and a controller connected to the input. The controller is powered off when the input does not receive the input operation within a first length of time after the engine is stopped. The controller is not powered off when the input receives the input operation within the first length of time after the engine is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryutaro Iwaki, Masaru Suzuki, Shingo Igarashi, Sumihiro Takashima, Naoki Kinomoto
  • Publication number: 20210291945
    Abstract: A control system for a marine vessel that includes a drive source and an operator that receives an operation is able to switch a control mode of the drive source without providing an additional operator. An operation received by the operator when the drive source is resting is disabled, and a function of switching a control mode of the drive source is assigned to the operation of the operator that is received when the drive source is resting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ryutaro IWAKI, Shigeyuki OZAWA
  • Patent number: 10889359
    Abstract: A small watercraft includes an input, a second storage, and a controller. The input receives an operation to switch the small watercraft into one of a plurality of control states, and includes a first storage that stores first control information indicating the one of the plurality of control states associated with the operation received by the input. The second storage stores second control information indicating one of the plurality of control states. The controller is able to write to one of the first and second storages. The input is supplied with electric power by supplying the controller with the electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryutaro Iwaki, Shigeyuki Ozawa, Masaru Suzuki, Shingo Igarashi, Naoki Kinomoto
  • Patent number: 10689070
    Abstract: A small boat includes an engine, a display that displays a speed setting image of a boat body and an acceleration setting image of the boat body side by side, an operator including a speed setting operator through which an operation of setting a speed set value is received and an acceleration setting operator through which an operation of setting an acceleration set value is received, and an engine controller that controls the engine based on the operations received by the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Kinomoto, Sumihiro Takashima, Ryutaro Iwaki
  • Publication number: 20200039624
    Abstract: A boat includes an engine, an input that receives an input operation performed by an operator, and a controller connected to the input. The controller is powered off when the input does not receive the input operation within a first length of time after the engine is stopped. The controller is not powered off when the input receives the input operation within the first length of time after the engine is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ryutaro IWAKI, Masaru SUZUKI, Shingo IGARASHI, Sumihiro TAKASHIMA, Naoki KINOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190382093
    Abstract: A small watercraft includes an input, a second storage, and a controller. The input receives an operation to switch the small watercraft into one of a plurality of control states, and includes a first storage that stores first control information indicating the one of the plurality of control states associated with the operation received by the input. The second storage stores second control information indicating one of the plurality of control states. The controller is able to write to one of the first and second storages. The input is supplied with electric power by supplying the controller with the electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ryutaro IWAKI, Shigeyuki OZAWA, Masaru SUZUKI, Shingo IGARASHI, Naoki KINOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190300132
    Abstract: A small boat includes an engine, a display that displays a speed setting image of a boat body and an acceleration setting image of the boat body side by side, an operator including a speed setting operator through which an operation of setting a speed set value is received and an acceleration setting operator through which an operation of setting an acceleration set value is received, and an engine controller that controls the engine based on the operations received by the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Naoki KINOMOTO, Sumihiro TAKASHIMA, Ryutaro IWAKI