Patents by Inventor Wataru Ikeya

Wataru Ikeya 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: 9760091
    Abstract: A jet propulsion watercraft includes a vessel body, an engine, a jet propulsion unit, a weight information obtaining processor, an engine controller, and a target rotational speed determining processor. The engine is accommodated in the vessel body. The jet propulsion unit is driven by the engine and propels the vessel body. The weight information obtaining processor obtains weight information regarding a weight of the vessel body. The engine controller controls an engine rotational speed such that a vessel velocity reaches a predetermined set velocity. The target rotational speed determining processor determines a target engine rotational speed corresponding to the set velocity in accordance with the weight information. The engine controller controls the engine rotational speed such that the vessel velocity reaches the set velocity based on the target engine rotational speed determined in accordance with the weight information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukitaka Okamoto, Wataru Ikeya
  • Publication number: 20160266580
    Abstract: A jet propulsion watercraft includes a vessel body, an engine, a jet propulsion unit, a weight information obtaining processor, an engine controller, and a target rotational speed determining processor. The engine is accommodated in the vessel body. The jet propulsion unit is driven by the engine and propels the vessel body. The weight information obtaining processor obtains weight information regarding a weight of the vessel body. The engine controller controls an engine rotational speed such that a vessel velocity reaches a predetermined set velocity. The target rotational speed determining processor determines a target engine rotational speed corresponding to the set velocity in accordance with the weight information. The engine controller controls the engine rotational speed such that the vessel velocity reaches the set velocity based on the target engine rotational speed determined in accordance with the weight information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Yukitaka OKAMOTO, Wataru IKEYA
  • Patent number: 8092264
    Abstract: A marine vessel includes a hull, a propulsion device arranged to propel the hull by a driving force of an engine that has a throttle valve arranged to be electrically controlled so as to open and close, an operation lever arranged to be operated by a marine vessel operator to adjust a throttle opening degree of the throttle valve and arranged to hold an operation position, a fine adjustment switch arranged to be operated by the marine vessel operator to increase or decrease the throttle opening degree to finely adjust the throttle opening degree that has been adjusted by the operation lever, and a control unit arranged to adjust the throttle opening degree based on an operation amount of the operation lever and an operation state of the fine adjustment switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Kinoshita, Wataru Ikeya
  • Publication number: 20100227516
    Abstract: A marine vessel includes a hull, a propulsion device arranged to propel the hull by a driving force of an engine that has a throttle valve arranged to be electrically controlled so as to open and close, an operation lever arranged to be operated by a marine vessel operator to adjust a throttle opening degree of the throttle valve and arranged to hold an operation position, a fine adjustment switch arranged to be operated by the marine vessel operator to increase or decrease the throttle opening degree to finely adjust the throttle opening degree that has been adjusted by the operation lever, and a control unit arranged to adjust the throttle opening degree based on an operation amount of the operation lever and an operation state of the fine adjustment switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshimasa KINOSHITA, Wataru IKEYA