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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Koji Kuriyagawa, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Yamamoto, Saitama, JP;
Tomohiro Miyauchi, Saitama, JP;
Kazumi Miyashita, Saitama, JP;
Koji Kuriyagawa, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Yamamoto, Saitama, JP;
Tomohiro Miyauchi, Saitama, JP;
Kazumi Miyashita, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an apparatus for controlling operation of an outboard motor having a shift lever used to change a shift position between an in-gear position that enables driving force of an internal combustion engine to be transmitted to a propeller by engaging a clutch with one of a forward gear and a reverse gear and a neutral position that cuts off transmission of the driving force by disengaging the clutch from the forward or reverse gear, it is configured to detect a throttle opening of the engine; detect a speed of the engine; calculate a change amount of the detected engine speed; and conduct driving force decreasing control to decrease the driving force of the engine based on the detected throttle opening, the detected engine speed and the calculated engine speed change amount.