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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2004
Hirotaka Kaji, Shizuoka, JP;
Isao Kanno, Shizuoka, JP;
Hirotaka Kaji, Shizuoka, JP;
Isao Kanno, Shizuoka, JP;
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yamaha Marine Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
A propulsive force controlling apparatus controls a propulsion system attached to a hull of a marine vessel. The propulsion system includes a motor, a propulsive force generating member which receives a torque from the motor to generate a propulsive force, a clutch mechanism which operates only in either a coupling state which permits transmission of the torque from the motor to the propulsive force generating member with virtually no slippage and a decoupling state which prohibits the transmission of the torque from the motor to the propulsive force generating member, and a clutch actuator which actuates the clutch mechanism.