WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM AND WATERCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20250050994A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-13

    申请号:US18792649

    申请日:2024-08-02

    Abstract: A watercraft propulsion system includes a propulsion unit to apply a propulsive force to a hull, and a controller configured or programmed to control the propulsion unit in response to a lateral movement command to cause the hull to move in a zig-zag pattern in a direction indicated by the lateral movement command between two parallel reference lines extending laterally of the hull and spaced apart from each other anteroposteriorly of the hull while maintaining an azimuth of the hull. The propulsion unit may include a bow thruster at the bow of the hull to generate a propulsive force laterally of the hull, a propulsion device on the hull to generate a propulsive force anteroposteriorly of the hull, and a steering to change the course of the hull.

    WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM, AND WATERCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20250050991A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-13

    申请号:US18771361

    申请日:2024-07-12

    Abstract: A watercraft propulsion system includes a bow thruster to generate a propulsive force laterally of a hull, a propulsion device to generate a propulsive force anteroposteriorly of the hull, a steering to change the course of the hull, a joystick tiltable from a neutral tilt position in all directions, and twistable leftward and rightward from a neutral twist position about its axis, and a controller configured or programmed to control the bow thruster, the propulsion device, and the steering according to an operation of the joystick. The controller is configured or programmed to cause the bow thruster to generate a propulsive force according to a lateral component of the tilt amount of the joystick, to cause the propulsion device to generate a propulsive force according to an anteroposterior component of the tilt amount of the joystick, and to control the steering according to a twist amount of the joystick.

    IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250046046A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-06

    申请号:US18921835

    申请日:2024-10-21

    Abstract: An image acquisition device for a work device performing a task on a target. The image acquisition device includes: an imaging device capturing an image of the target; and an imaging tool that includes a model of the work device and is operable by an operator. The imaging device is attachable to and detachable from each of the work device and the imaging tool, such that that a relative position between the imaging device and the model and that between the imaging device and the work device are identical when the imaging device is attached to the model and the work device. The imaging device captures a part of the model and a part of the work device along with the target when the imaging device is respectively attached to the imaging tool and the work device, the part of the model corresponding to the part of the work device.

    ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250042494A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-06

    申请号:US18718063

    申请日:2022-04-27

    Inventor: Takaaki MIYAZAKI

    Abstract: An electric vehicle that can realize a more desirable structure in view of detachment of a battery and battery capacity is provided. An electric motorcycle has a footboard, a right frame front portion and a left frame front portion placed on the footboard, and a battery supported by frame front portions. The left and right frame front portions are asymmetrical about a vertical plane passing through a center of a vehicle body in a left-right direction.

    Drive unit and electric vehicle
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12212192B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US17864601

    申请日:2022-07-14

    Inventor: Masayuki Momoi

    Abstract: A drive unit includes an electric motor, an MCU to supply a driving current to the electric motor, and a bracket fixing the MCU to the electric motor with a gap between the MCU and the electric motor. The electric motor includes a stator case accommodating a stator, a first housing including a bearing that supports one side of an output shaft of a rotor, and a second housing including a bearing that supports another side of the output shaft of the rotor. The bracket supporting the MCU is attached to the first housing and the second housing and not to the stator case.

    OUTBOARD MOTOR AND MARINE VESSEL
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250019058A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18741845

    申请日:2024-06-13

    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outboard motor main body, a power trim and tilt including a cylinder made of a metal and a mobile body made of a metal and including a piston and a rod fixed to the piston to move the piston within the cylinder to extend and retract the rod to tilt the outboard motor main body, an anode electrode for corrosion protection located below a water surface in electrical connection to the cylinder, and a conductor made of a metal, provided in the cylinder, and elastically deformable to maintain contact with both the cylinder and the mobile body by elastically deforming between the cylinder and the mobile body. The conductor is operable to make an electrical connection between the rod and the cylinder even when the mobile body moves within the cylinder.

    Linear conveyor system, a control method for a linear conveyor system, a control program for a linear conveyor system and a recording medium

    公开(公告)号:US12187550B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-07

    申请号:US17436063

    申请日:2019-04-23

    Abstract: A transfer operation of moving the slider between one fixed linear module and a movable linear module while locating the movable linear module in the facing range facing the one fixed linear module is performed. At this time, it is judged whether or not the coordinate axis of the one fixed linear module and the coordinate axis of the movable linear module are continuous If it is judged before the transfer operation that the coordinate axes are not continuous, the transfer operation is performed after the coordinate axes are made continuous in the direction by changing the coordinate axis. Thus, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a situation where the transfer operation of moving the slider between the fixed linear module and the movable linear module cannot be performed due to the discontinuity of the coordinate axes respectively set for the fixed and movable linear modules.

    Marine propulsion device with forward/reverse shifting mechanism, and marine vessel

    公开(公告)号:US12187399B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-07

    申请号:US18095009

    申请日:2023-01-10

    Abstract: A propulsion device for a marine vessel includes an engine and a forward/reverse shifting mechanism. The direction of a propulsive force generated by the propulsion device is changed according to a shift position of the forward/reverse shifting mechanism. The shift position is changeable between a forward position and a reverse position via a neutral position. In response to a command signal based on an operation of a joystick or an operator, the shift position of the forward/reverse shifting mechanism and the engine are controlled. When the shift position of the forward/reverse shifting mechanism is changed from the neutral position to a position corresponding to a direction opposite to a travelling direction of the marine vessel, which is determined based on the speed of the marine vessel, a correction control is performed to increase an output of the engine based on the speed of the marine vessel.

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