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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takamasa Takeshige, Wako, JP;
Naoki Aikawa, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 79/30 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63H 20/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 79/30 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63H 20/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.