Patents by Inventor Shigeki Yomo

Shigeki Yomo 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: 7666038
    Abstract: An outboard motor is steerably mounted to a hull via a bracket and a steering arm is mounted to a steering bracket unit attached to the outboard motor. The steering arm includes a shift grip as a shift operating unit, a throttle grip as a throttle operating unit and a throttle adjusting knob as a throttle adjusting operating unit. These units are adjacently disposed in the described order in a forward direction of a hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Yomo, Yoshihiro Horitani
  • Publication number: 20080268729
    Abstract: An outboard motor is steerably mounted to a hull via a bracket and a steering arm is mounted to a steering bracket unit attached to the outboard motor. The steering arm includes a shift grip as a shift operating unit, a throttle grip as a throttle operating unit and a throttle adjusting knob as a throttle adjusting operating unit. These units are adjacently disposed in the described order in a forward direction of a hull.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki Yomo, Yoshihiro Horitani
  • Patent number: 6834635
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine, an engine holder disposed below the engine, a drive shaft housing which is disposed below the engine holder, an intake device including an intake manifold disposed to a side surface of the engine, a lubricant supply device for supplying lubricant oil to the engine, an oil filter disposed below the intake manifold, and an oil cooler arranged below the intake manifold and between the engine and the oil filter. The oil cooler includes a casing and a cooler body disposed inside the casing, and the casing is formed with a cooling water flowing-in union and a cooling water flowing-out union disposed in correspondence with the cooling water flowing-in union.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Yomo, Hidehiko Yoshioka, Shuichi Hagino
  • Patent number: 6790111
    Abstract: In an outboard motor, a fuel tank is disposed inside an engine cover so as to extend vertically along an axial direction of a crankshaft and arranged in a space in the engine cover in front of the engine on a hull side. The fuel tank is clamped and supported from the vertical direction by a lower engine cover section of the engine cover and an engine starting device disposed above the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Yomo, Yoshiyuki Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20030062017
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine, an engine holder disposed below the engine, a drive shaft housing which is disposed below the engine holder, an intake device including an intake manifold disposed to a side surface of the engine, a lubricant supply device for supplying lubricant oil to the engine, an oil filter disposed below the intake manifold, and an oil cooler arranged below the intake manifold and between the engine and the oil filter. The oil cooler comprises a casing and a cooler body disposed inside the casing, and the casing is formed with a cooling water flowing-in union and a cooling water flowing-out union disposed in correspondence with the cooling water flowing-in union.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki Yomo, Hidehiko Yoshioka, Shuichi Hagino
  • Publication number: 20030054709
    Abstract: In an outboard motor, a fuel tank is disposed inside an engine cover so as to extend vertically along an axial direction of a crankshaft and arranged in a space in the engine cover in front of the engine on a hull side. The fuel tank is clamped and supported from the vertical direction by a lower engine cover section of the engine cover and an engine starting device disposed above the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki Yomo, Yoshiyuki Kuramoto