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AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorsNobuyuki Shomura, Hidehiko Yoshioka, Shuichi Hagino, Tomohiko Miyaki
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A shift operation control system for an outboard motor, which is capable of reducing load acting on a shift operation lever during a shift operation and a shock occurring during the shift operation, to thereby Facilitate the shift operation. The shift operation by the shift operation lever 21 is continuously detected by a shift position detector 24, and when an early stage of the shift operation from the forward position to the neutral position or from the reverse position to the neutral position is detected and at the same time the engine speed at the detection is not less than a predetermined value, engine output reduction control is carried out, and when the shift position detector 24 detects that the shift position has been switched to the neutral position, the engine output reduction control is canceled.
A shift operation control system for an outboard motor including an engine, and a forward/reverse-switching mechanism having a forward gear, a reverse gear, a dog clutch, and a shift operation lever, wherein an output from the engine is selectively transmitted to the forward gear or the reverse gear, for driving the forward gear or the reverse gear, and the dog clutch is actuated by a shift operation using the shift operation lever to switch a shift position between a forward position in which the dog clutch is meshed with the forward gear, a reverse position in which the dog clutch is meshed with the reverse gear, and a neutral position in which the dog clutch is not meshed with either the forward gear or the reverse gear, comprising:
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