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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2014
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a method for controlling an outboard motor adapted to be mounted on a hull of a boat and equipped with an internal combustion engine to power a propeller and a trim angle regulating mechanism adapted to regulate a trim angle relative to the hull, comprising the steps of: calculating a throttle opening change amount of the engine; determining whether the boat is in an accelerating state based on the calculated throttle opening change amount; and controlling operation of the trim angle regulating mechanism to increase the trim angle based on an operating parameter that indicates a state of the engine and the propeller when it is determined that the boat is in the accelerating state.