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A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157604 | Electrical linear motor for propulsion of marine vessel An electrical linear motor for propelling a marine vessel through a liquid medium, comprises a housing secured to the marine vessel and submerged in the liquid medium, an insert within the housing and having at least two electrical coil windings disposed on internal... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8123577 | Autonomous vehicle with fuel cell and autonomous flushing system An autonomous aquatic vehicle with one or more fuel cells, a controller, a plurality of sensors, a battery, and at least one electric motor and propeller. The one or more fuel cells provide power to the battery, and the battery provides power for the vehicle. Seawat... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8083557 | Method and apparatus for powering of amphibious craft The methods and apparatuses of the present invention provides for powering and maneuvering (forward, reverse and steering) systems for amphibious vehicle, marine vessel or ground vehicle operation and control. An improved propulsion system may incorporate the use of... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7980905 | Method and apparatus for providing power to a marine vessel A system and a method for providing power to a marine vessel and, more particularly to a tugboat is disclosed. The system includes diesel engines and generators and batteries which can be charged using power supplied by the generators, shore power or regenerated pow... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7967650 | Tension sleeve system for electric trolling motors A tension sleeve system that is selectively operable to engage a trolling motor system of a watercraft. The tension sleeve system is configured to fit over the area containing the lower portion of the trolling motor's stationary shaft and the middle portion (i.e., t... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963814 | Electric motor-driven water craft, which is cooled by the surrounding water An electric motor-driven water craft including a fuselage, on which a user can at least partially lie or stand. The fuselage has a flow channel with a screw that is driven by an electric motor and contains the electric motor and batteries, in addition to a control d... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7955148 | Hydroelectric turbine-based power-generating system for vessels and submarines Power-generating system based on successive hydroelectric turbines (∫1N) located parallel to the submerged section of the hull of vessels and/or submarines (generating line ∫1N), at the point or points of greatest chan... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7909669 | Differential displacement device under simultaneous and repetitive electromagnetic repulsive forces A differential displacement electromagnetic device providing motion over a support frame. Permanent electromagnets are fixedly mounted to a carriage and angularly oriented relative to the support frame lengthwise axis. Upright anchor columns project transversely fro... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7803024 | Fuel efficient power system for electric boat Fuel efficient power system for electric boat is provided. In starting a clutch is not activated if a drive shaft of an electric motor does not rotate at a predetermined speed, a power controller gradually increases a current output to the motor until the drive shaf... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7789723 | Unmanned ocean vehicle An unmanned, autonomous, waterborne vehicle (500) for marine use capable of operating on and below the surface of water, said vehicle (500) including an enclosed hull (501) having a payload bay (506), a hybrid propulsion system having ene... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7662003 | Electrical propulsion and/or electrical current generation device aboard a marine craft A propulsion and/or electrical current generation device (26) in a marine craft, interposed between an engine block including a drive shaft (28) mounted on a bearing P1 and a reducing gear/reversing gear block (20) including a driven shaf... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7645174 | Marine propulsion system and method of operating the same A propulsion system for a marine vessel includes a first electric machine coupled to a first drive shaft configured to provide propulsion to the marine vessel, and a second electric machine coupled to a second drive shaft configured to provide propulsion to the mari... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7637790 | Outboard propulsion system for vessels An outboard propulsion system is disclosed. In some embodiments, the outboard propulsion system includes a generator operable to produce a first electrical signal, an engine electrically coupled to the generator, an inverter electrically coupled with the generator t... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7614925 | Transportable outboard motor A transportable outboard drive for a boat has a head, a pylon, a shaft connecting the head and the pylon, an electric motor and a cable running inside the shaft. The shaft has at least two shaft sections and wherein the head, shaft and pylon can be arranged in a wor... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7604520 | Electrical linear motor for marine propulsion An electrical linear motor for propelling a marine vessel comprises a thruster assembly disposed within a guide tube. Permanent magnets are attached to the thruster assembly and placed in close proximity to electrical coil windings, which are positioned outside of a... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7572158 | Marine outdrive A marine outdrive has a hydraulic vane motor with a spool shaped rotor eccentrically mounted in a fusiform shaped housing. The resulting increased vane area results in greater torque and speed. ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7559813 | Pod ship propulsion system provided with a hydrodynamic gear The invention relates to a pod ship propulsion System comprising a housing (3) connected to a ship hüll (2), an electric drive motor (8) mounted inside the housing at least one propeller (4) disposed outside the housing, wherein said ele... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7544108 | Power generation, distribution, and on-board power supply system for low-emissive surface marine (navy) ships of different classes and sizes Disclosed is a power generation, distribution, and on-board power supply system for low-emission surface marine (navy) ships of different classes and sizes. The system is embodied as an equipment segment and includes at least one cruising speed drive unit, which can... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7497748 | Boat control system with return to center steering command A boat control system includes trim tabs mounted on the lower transom of a boat, with an electric trolling motor attached to each tab. A user control provides commands to control positioning of the trim tabs and operation of the motors. Steering with the motors is p... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7473149 | Watercraft propulsion system and operating method A watercraft propulsion system has a control lever for giving instructions regarding operating mode and output power from a source of driving force. A controller sets a propeller driving mode according to instructions given from the control lever. In an embodiment, ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7473148 | Outboard motor An outboard motor adapted to be mounted on a stern of a boat and having a propeller to propel the boat, a power source which produces rotational output, a drive unit including a vertical shaft which transmits the rotational output of the power source to the propelle... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7452251 | Integrated outboard motor An outboard drive has an electric motor that is electronically controlled from an inverter. The outboard drive includes a pylon, with the electric motor and inverter arranged in the pylon. ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7429201 | Frigate ship-type equipment system A frigate ship-type equipment system includes standard equipment segments, such as an energy generator, an energy distributor, a drive and an automation segment, also includes a hull which is adapted to the large and specific requirements of the frigate ship-type eq... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7410395 | Parent-child type boat with generator A parent-child type boat having an electric power generating device, such as a fuel cell. The boat includes a parent boat and at least one child boat which is smaller than the parent boat. The parent boat is equipped with a generating device. The child boat is equip... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7399211 | Releasable mounting apparatus and trolling motor assembly An apparatus for releasably mounting a trolling motor on a watercraft and a trolling motor assembly which includes the inventive releasable mounting apparatus. The releasable mounting apparatus comprises a mounting bracket and a locking assembly which is releasably ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381108 | Trolling motor system with auto retract A boat control system includes trim tabs mounted on the lower transom of a boat, with an electric trolling motor attached to each tab. The control system controls positioning of the trim tabs within a trim range and within a troll range. If a main engine ignition sw... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381107 | Outboard motor In a hybrid outboard motor equipped with an internal combustion engine and electric motor as selective sources of power for driving the propeller and further provided with the first output shaft connected to the engine for transmitting its output to the propeller an... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371134 | Motor mount for azimuthing pod A system includes an azimuthing pod configured to be attached to the hull of a ship, a superconducting motor positioned within the azimuthing pod, a refrigeration system including a compressor and a cryogenic refrigeration module coupled to the compressor. The syste... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371138 | Boat having a pedal drive The invention relates to a pedal boat drive comprising at least one pedal crank and a drive train for transferring drive energy produced by the pedal crank to a means of propulsion, e.g. a propeller. At least one flywheel, which is mounted on a free-running axle, is... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364483 | Marine reversing gear assembly The present invention provides a marine reversing gear assembly, wherein a manual directional control valve 7a and an electromagnetic directional control valve 7b for a forward/reverse directional control valve 7 for hydraulic oil ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357584 | Sheet transport device Disclosed is a sheet transport device having: a registration roller to transport a sheet after correcting a skew of the sheet; a drive source to drive the registration roller; a frame body; and a rotation resisting body which is connected to the registration roller ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353764 | Corvette ship-type equipment system A corvette ship-type equipment system includes standard-equipment segments, such as an energy generator, an energy distributor, a drive and an automation segment, and a hull which is adapted to the size and specific requirements on the corvette ship-type equipment s... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353768 | Underwater vehicle propulsion and power generation An underwater vehicle includes a shaft with a propeller disposed thereon; a generator/motor having a stator and a rotor, the rotor being operable to rotate with the propeller; at least one energy storage device connected to the generator/motor; and a controller for ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353095 | Diagnostic system for watercraft A diagnostic system is provided for a watercraft that is propelled by an outboard drive. Sensors can detect conditions of components related to at least the operation of the outboard drive. The diagnostic system can leave inside and outside computers. The inside com... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341377 | Cylindrical container bags Tank tote bags for storing cylinders such as diving tanks, welding tanks, and medical tanks such as oxygen tanks, in separate compartments that can be arranged in either vertical upright positions or horizontal laid down positions. One bag version has two tanks that... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335072 | Marine - (navy) ship-type equipment system for electrically driven marine-(navy) ships having different sizeds and driving power A marine-(navy) or commercial or yacht ship-type equipment system is for electrically driven ships having different sizes and driving power. The ships, as well as coast guard boats and customs boats, include standardized equipment segments for the propulsion and ope... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329160 | Motorized watercraft A motorized watercraft with a hull of the craft on which a user lies prone, at least partially, or stands up, with a flow channel extending in the hull of the craft with an electric motor-driven water screw. The electric motor and the batteries, as well as the contr... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7314396 | Outboard motor In an outboard motor mounted on a stern of a boat, comprising a power source and a driven unit including a drive shaft connected to the power source and a propeller connected to the drive shaft through a gear mechanism, wherein the power source is detachably connect... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7306496 | Trolling motor with diagnostic system An apparatus including a trolling motor having at least one operational subsystem and the trolling motor also having an integral electronic controller for controlling the operational subsystem wherein the improvement comprises an integral electronic diagnostic syste... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305928 | Method for positioning a marine vessel A vessel positioning system maneuvers a marine vessel in such a way that the vessel maintains its global position and heading in accordance with a desired position and heading selected by the operator of the marine vessel. When used in conjunction with a joystick, t... | 12/11/2007 |
