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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2024
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/10 (2006.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); B63B 79/30 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63H 21/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/10 (2013.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); B63B 79/30 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63H 21/21 (2013.01); B63H 2021/216 (2013.01);
Abstract
The outboard motorincludes an electronic control unitthat acquires a trim angle from a trim angle sensor and controls the actuator for trim adjustment. The electronic control unit acquires the trim angle at predetermined time intervals, stores each stably obtained trim angle in the memory as a stop trim angle, and compares each current value of the detected trim angle with the stop trim angle. It is determined if the trim angle sensor is abnormal or not based on the current value of the detected trim angle and the stop trim angle, and when it is determined that the trim angle sensor is abnormal, the operation of the actuator is restricted.