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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Makoto Yazaki, Wako, JP;
Shinsaku Nakayama, Wako, JP;
Hideaki Takada, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 5/20 (2006.01); B63H 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an outboard motor control system having two outboard motors each mounted on a stern of a boat, there is provided a controller that controls operation of steering actuators to regulate steering angles of the outboard motors such that lines extending from axes of rotation of the propellers of the outboard motors intersect at a desired point. With this, it becomes possible to freely adjust the stream confluence point of the outboard motors, thereby improving boat driving stability and providing enhanced auto-spanker performance.