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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2010
Hideaki Shimamura, Wako, JP;
Yoshio Ohtomo, Wako, JP;
Mitsuaki Kubota, Wako, JP;
Takeshi Inaba, Wako, JP;
Hikaru Ikeda, Wako, JP;
Hideaki Shimamura, Wako, JP;
Yoshio Ohtomo, Wako, JP;
Mitsuaki Kubota, Wako, JP;
Takeshi Inaba, Wako, JP;
Hikaru Ikeda, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an apparatus for controlling a speed of an internal combustion engine installed in an outboard motor and having an actuator connected to a throttle valve of the engine to open and close the throttle valve, and up/down command signal outputting devices that output an up/down command signal to increase/decrease the engine speed when manipulated by an operator, the engine speed is controlled to change in response to the up or down command signal with an engine speed change amount per unit time made different depending on whether the detected engine speed exceeds a reference speed or not, thereby enabling to finely and precisely control the engine speed in the low speed range, while facilitating speed regulation.