Title:
船外機の制御装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5130250
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
In an apparatus for controlling operation of an outboard motor mounted on a boat and having a torque converter equipped with a lockup clutch, it is configured to have a clutch controller that controls the lockup clutch to ON when a speed ratio of the torque converter is equal to or greater than a reference value, the clutch controller being configured to determine whether a throttle valve is at about a fully-opened position and to control the lockup clutch to ON when the speed ratio becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value set smaller than the reference value before the speed ratio reaches the reference value, and the throttle valve is discriminated to be at about the fully-opened position. With this, it becomes possible to reliably make a lockup clutch ON when the acceleration is completed, so that the boat speed can reach the maximum speed.
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Inventors:
Koji Kagawa
Yoshimura Hajime
Yoshimura Hajime
Application Number:
JP2009101155A
Publication Date:
January 30, 2013
Filing Date:
April 17, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Honda motor industry stock company
International Classes:
F16H61/14; B63H20/00; B63H23/26; B63H23/30
Domestic Patent References:
| JP59160698A | ||||
| JP61065962A | ||||
| JP61278660A | ||||
| JP2007315496A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yutaka Yoshida