Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Naoki Aikawa

Yoshihiro Harada

Kazuhiro Ishizaka

Toru Kimura

Takamasa Takeshige

Makoto Yazaki

Taiichi Otobe

Masashi Kai

Tomohiro Miyauchi

Hidetoshi Kabayama

Hikaru Ikeda

Hiroaki Hara

Tsuyoshi Harada

Kunihiko Ishizuka

Yoshio Kurahashi

Minoru Saito

Ryohei Matsuoka

Shogo Yoneyama

Mikiya Yatagai

Yasukata Kohashi

A shift mechanism of an outboard motor has an electric actuator having a movable rod, and a guide structure for guiding a linear motion of a sliding body connected to the movable rod. In addition, the shift mechanism includes a link rod connected to the sliding body and bent to extend in a direction different from the direction of the linear motion of the sliding body. Furthermore, the shift mechanism includes a shift shaft part which is connected to the link rod, performs a rotational motion on the basis of a displacement of the link rod, and switches a range of a transmission mechanism provided below on the basis of the rotational motion.

Shift mechanism of outboard motor, and mount structure of shift mechanism

A remote controller () for watercraft () includes a rod () extending downward from the free end part of a lever along a lengthwise direction thereof, a lock release button () slidably provided in the free end part so as to be slidable in a first direction different from the lengthwise direction of the lever, and a conversion mechanism provided between the lock release button and the first end of the rod to covert a movement of the lock release button in the first direction to a movement of the rod in a second direction extending along the lengthwise direction of the lever.

Remote controller for watercraft

An outboard motor that has an actuator and a gear change mechanism. The outboard motor also comprises an operation position sensor that detects the operation position of an operation part, a shift position detection unit that detects the actual shift position of the gear shift mechanism, an actuator detection unit that detects the state of the actuator, and a control device. The control device performs failure determination or drive control of the actuator on the basis of at least two pieces of the detected information.

Outboard motor

A shift device for an outboard motor includes a forward gear and a reverse gear; a clutch gear; a shift actuator configured to move between a neutral reference position where the clutch gear is disengaged from the forward gear and the reverse gear and an engagement reference position where the clutch gear is engaged with the forward gear or the reverse gear; and a control device configured to control a movement of the shift actuator. The control device is configured to set an intermediate target position, and to set a speed at which the shift actuator moves from the intermediate target position to the engagement reference position slower than a speed at which the shift actuator moves from the neutral reference position to the intermediate target position.

Shift device for outboard motor

An outboard motorincludes an engine, a fuel tank, a propellerwhich is configured to be driven by the engine, a case memberwhich rotatably supports the propeller, a recoil starterwhich is configured to cause the engineto start by manually rotating a crankshaft of the engine, and a cover memberwhich is mounted on the case memberso as to cover the engine, the fuel tank, and the recoil starter. The recoil starterincludes a recoil cover, which is formed with an air passage hole

An outboard motor configured so that an engine is covered by an engine cover, an intake opening is provided to both sides of the engine cover, and air drawn into the engine cover from the intake opening is introduced to a throttle body. A discharging/interference-type muffler is provided partway along an intake channel for guiding air from the intake opening to the throttle body. The discharging/interference-type muffler is provided vertically in the interior of the engine cover, and the interior of the discharging/interference-type muffler is divided in two in the vertical direction.

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Saitama, Japan

Naoki Aikawa