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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2006
Applicants:
Koji Yasuda, Saitama, JP;
Akiko Ichikawa, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuaki Kubota, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 21/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An outboard motor is provided with a bar handle equipped with a throttle grip enabling push-pull operation and rotate operation by the boat operator, and one or the other of the engine and the motor is connected to the propeller in accordance with the push-pull operation of the throttle grip. Owing to this configuration, switching between the power sources can be performed using the throttle grip of the bar handle. In addition, the engine speed and motor speed are regulated in accordance with the rotating operation of the throttle grip, thereby avoiding degradation of operability and increase in outboard motor size.