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Granted Patent B2
US 12668340 · App. 18/204,424 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Marine vessel

Inventor: Hirofumi Amma (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B63C9/0005B63B34/10H01Q1/34
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12668340
App. No.
18/204,424
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A marine vessel to improve a transmission characteristic of a rescue signal when the marine vessel is capsized includes a transmission source to transmit a rescue signal to a vicinity above a water surface both when the marine vessel is not capsized and when the marine vessel is capsized.

Claims (6)

1 . A marine vessel comprising:

a hull including a portion located above a water surface both when the marine vessel is not capsized and when the marine vessel is capsized; and

a single transmission source located at the portion of the hull to transmit a rescue signal via a radio wave to a vicinity above the water surface both when the marine vessel is not capsized and when the marine vessel is capsized.

2 . The marine vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the single transmission source is located at a bow of the hull of the marine vessel.

3 . The marine vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the single transmission source is at a not-submerged location of an air intake path provided in the hull of the marine vessel.

4 . The marine vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the single transmission source is a communicator operable to communicate externally of the marine vessel.