Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Tomoda

Tetsuya Tomoda 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).

  • Outboard motor
    Patent number: 4559018
    Abstract: Two embodiments of improved compact outboard motors that are designed so that the power head does not encroach into the associated watercraft forwardly of the hull when the motor is tilted up about its tilt axis. In each embodiment, the internal combustion engine of the power head is located in such a way that it can be conveniently serviced and yet will note encroach when the motor is tilted up. In one embodiment, the engine is disposed with its output shaft extending transversely and its cylinders inclined rearwardly. In the other embodiment, the cylinders are aligned and extend vertically so that the engine output shaft extends perpendicularly to the associated hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1985
    Assignees: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoji Nakahama, Norimichi Harada, Seiji Wada, Yoshio Hosono, Tetsuya Tomoda, Susumu Yukishima