Outboard motor
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsMitsuaki KUBOTA, Takeshi INABA, Yoshio OHTOMO, Hikaru IKEDA, Hideaki SHIMAMURA
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Abstract
An operating handle of an outboard motor is provided with a rotatable grip and a low-speed mode switch unit. A controller performs control so that when the low-speed mode switch unit is “on,” the ratio at which the target speed varies with the manipulated variable of the grip is reduced in comparison with when the low-speed mode switch unit is “off.”
Claims10
An outboard motor in which opening/closing of a throttle valve is electrically controlled such that an actual speed of an engine for driving a propeller conforms to a target speed, the outboard motor comprising:
- a manually operatable low-speed mode switch unit provided in a steering handle;
- a rotatable grip provided at a distal end of the steering handle;
- a grip operation detector for detecting a manipulated variable of the grip;
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- a controller for setting the target speed in accordance with the manipulated variable detected by the grip operation detector and controlling the opening/closing of the throttle valve so that the actual speed conforms to the target speed,
- wherein the controller performs control such that when a switching signal is received from the low-speed mode switch unit, a ratio at which the target speed varies with the manipulated variable decreases in comparison with when the switching signal is not received.
An outboard motor in which opening/closing of a throttle valve is electrically controlled such that an actual speed of an engine for driving a propeller conforms to a target speed, the outboard motor comprising:
- a manually operatable constant-speed setting unit provided in a steering handle;
- a rotatable grip provided at a distal end of the steering handle;
- a grip operation detector for detecting a manipulated variable of the grip;
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- a controller for setting the target speed in accordance with the manipulated variable detected by the grip operation detector and controlling the opening/closing of the throttle valve so that the actual speed conforms to the target speed,
- wherein the controller performs control such that the target speed at a time the constant-speed setting unit changes from “off” to “on” is maintained when the constant-speed setting unit is “on,” even when the manipulated variable changes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.