| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control apparatus of an outboard motor to reduce the operation load of the ship operator in shift lever operation by decreasing the driving force of the prime mover at the appropriate timing. <P>SOLUTION: In the outboard motor that includes a shift shaft that switches a shift position between an in-gear position and a neutral position, the driving force of the prime mover is decreased, when the output voltage of the shift sensor is in a prescribed voltage range and the neutral switch does not cause the output: by including a neutral switch that causes the output when the rotation angle of the shift shaft exists in the operation range that shows the neutral position; and a shift sensor that causes the output voltage that shows the rotation angle of the shift shaft; and by setting the prescribed voltage range with a reference voltage range that is defined by the upper and lower limit values α1 and β1 of the output voltage that occurs in the shift sensor when the rotation angle of the shift shaft is in the operation range, and an additional voltage range that is defined at a plus side of the upper limit value α1 and a minus side of the lower limit value β1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
