Patents by Inventor Yasunori Furuta

Yasunori Furuta 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).

  • Marine propulsion unit
    Patent number: 5340343
    Abstract: Two embodiments of protective cowling arrangements for outboard motors that provide a forwardly facing air inlet having a lower inlet atmospheric inlet opening which communicates with a higher atmospheric air passage that extends through the protective cowling to its interior. A plurality of horizontal baffles assist in water separation for the inducted air and additional air may be inducted through a rear air inlet opening in the protective cowling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Kawamukai, Yasunori Furuta