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US 2010/0248562 A1Published application
Hybrid outboard motor
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorKeisuke DAIKOKU
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Abstract
A power unit is housed in a casing, and a screw (propeller) is disposed outside the casing, the screw being driven by the power unit. The casing is formed as a watertight case in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with a left-right width direction being a longitudinal direction, and the case has at least a front face portion coupled to a stern portion and a substantially flat upper face portion at a substantially same height as a top portion of the stern portion.
Claims8
A hybrid outboard motor, comprising:
- a casing;
- a power unit housed in the casing;
- and
- a screw disposed outside the casing, the screw being driven by the power unit, wherein
- the casing is formed as a watertight case in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with a left-right width direction being a longitudinal direction, and
- the case has at least a front face portion coupled to a stern portion and a substantially flat upper face portion at a substantially same height as a top portion of the stern portion.
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A hybrid outboard motor, comprising:
- a casing formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with a left-right width direction being a longitudinal direction;
- a power unit housed in the casing;
- a screw disposed outside the casing, the screw being driven by the power unit;
- an internal combustion engine;
- an electric motor serving also as a generator;
- and
- an electric energy storage device for driving the electric motor,
- wherein one or both of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor constitute the power unit,
- the internal combustion engine is disposed on one of the left and right sides of the casing, and
- the electric motor and the electric energy storage device are disposed on the other side of the left and right sides of the casing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.