Throttle lever position sensor for two-stroke fuel injected engine

An internal combustion engine comprising an engine block means having therein a combustion chamber, means for supplying air to said combustion chamber, said means including a throttle lever which is rotatably supported by said engine block means for movement through a range of positions and which is adapted to be operably connected to an operator control member, a moveable throttle plate, and means for moving said throttle plate in response to movement of said throttle lever, and means responsive to movement of said throttle lever for providing a signal independent of movement of said throttle plate.

An outboard motor comprising a lower unit which is adapted to be mounted on a boat and which includes a propeller shaft, and an internal combustion engine supported by said lower unit and drivingly connected to said propeller shaft, said engine including engine block means having a combustion chamber and defining an air intake passage communicable with said combustion chamber, a throttle plate movably supported by said engine block means and located in said air intake passage, means for moving said throttle plate in response to movement of an operator control member, said means for moving said throttle plate including a throttle lever movably supported by said engine block means, and a lost motion linkage for moving said throttle plate in response to movement of said throttle lever only over a portion of the range of movement of said throttle lever, and means including a sensor connected to said throttle lever for providing to an electronic control unit a signal indicating the position of the control member independent of the position of said throttle plate.