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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2006
Taiichi Otobe, Wako, JP;
Hideaki Takada, Wako, JP;
Shinsaku Nakayama, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an outboard motor steering control system having a plurality of outboard motors each adapted to be mounted on a stern of a boat by a shaft to be movable by an actuator relative to the boat and each having an internal combustion engine to power a propeller, a desired steering angle of each outboard motor is determined individually based on detected engine speed and rotation angle of a steering wheel, and the operation of the actuator is controlled based on the determined desired steering angle, thereby improving both straight course-holding performance and turning performance by regulating the relative angles between the outboard motors in response to the cruising conditions of the boat.