Outboard motor and outboard motor control device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakamasa Takeshige, Tomohiro Miyauchi
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Abstract
An outboard motor is provided with: an encoder which detects the rotational speed of an engine; a position sensor which detects an operating position of a shift lever; and a state quantity detection unit which detects a state quantity of a shift actuator. A control device of the outboard motor determines whether the state quantity is more than or equal to a stop-initiating threshold value when the operating position has been switched. If the state quantity is more than or equal to the stop-initiating threshold value, the control device implements a stop control to stop ignition and/or fuel injection in the engine.
Claims12
An outboard motor including a shift actuator that shifts a rotational output of an internal combustion engine based on a position of a shift lever operated by a user, the outboard motor comprising:
- an operating position detection unit that detects an operating position of the shift lever;
- a state quantity detection unit that detects a state quantity of the shift actuator;
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- a control unit that performs processing based on the detected operating position and state quantity,
- wherein, when the operating position has been switched, the control unit determines whether the state quantity is greater than or equal to a stop-initiating threshold value or not, and, if the state quantity is greater than or equal to the stop-initiating threshold value, the control unit performs control to suppress at least one of ignition and fuel injection in the internal combustion engine.
A control device of an outboard motor, the outboard motor including a shift actuator that shifts a rotational output of an internal combustion engine based on a position of a shift lever operated by a user, the control device comprising:
- an operating position acquisition unit that acquires an operating position of the shift lever;
- a state quantity acquisition unit that acquires a state quantity of the shift actuator;
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- a determination processing unit that, when the operating position has been switched, determines whether the state quantity is greater than or equal to a stop-initiating threshold value or not, and, if the state quantity is greater than or equal to the stop-initiating threshold value, performs control to suppress at least one of ignition and fuel injection in the internal combustion engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.