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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/00 (2006.01); B63H 3/10 (2006.01); B63H 20/14 (2006.01); B63H 21/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 3/10 (2013.01); B63H 21/265 (2013.01); B63H 21/28 (2013.01); B63H 2021/216 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an apparatus for controlling a boat equipped with an outboard motor mounted on its stern and having an internal combustion engine, a propeller to be driven by the engine and a propeller pitch changer adapted to variably change a pitch of the propeller, an opening of a throttle valve installed at an air intake system of the engine and its change amount are detected, and based on the change amount of the detected opening of the throttle valve, it is determined whether or not the pitch of the propeller is to be changed through the propeller pitch changer.