US 7,320,628 B2
Outboard-type generator
Yoshio Ando, Shizuoka-ken (Japan)
Assigned to Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, (Japan)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/404,203.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-117057 (JP), filed on Apr. 14, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0234566 A1, Oct. 19, 2006
Int. Cl. B63H 21/22 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 440—1  [440/2] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outboard-type generator comprising:
a body configured to be mounted on a watercraft and having a cooling water inlet and an exhaust gas outlet;
an engine disposed in the body and having a crankshaft;
a propulsion device having at least one rotatable blade; and
an inverter-type generator driven by the crankshaft to generate electricity.