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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Tadaaki Morikami, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masaya Nishio, Hamamatsu, JP;
Takanori Miyoshi, Toyohashi, JP;
Toyohiro Yumiba, Toyohashi, JP;
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu-Shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
In a control device for outboard motors that controls two outboard motors attached to a boat, according to an operation by an operating lever that is tiltable in all directions from a neutral state, when the operating lever is moved to a different zone, a steering control unit controls shift positions of the two outboard motors and a steering specification according to a zone to which the operating lever is moved first, until a determination unit determines that the operating lever is in the neutral state, thereby enabling steering easily reflecting the intention of a boat operator and improving a steering efficiency even when an operation of moving from zone to zone is performed.