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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2009
Noriyoshi Ichikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaru Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Noriyoshi Ichikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaru Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a marine propulsion unit, which can activate an engine even when a computer system in an engine control unit is reset, includes a computer system arranged to actuate a starter motor using power from a battery on a hull in order to activate an engine, a reset state detection device arranged to detect a reset state of the computer system when the computer system is reset, and an analog circuit arranged to actuate the starter motor for a predetermined time period to activate the engine once the reset state is detected by the reset state detection device.