B - Operations – Transporting – 63 – H
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
63
H
B63H 21/21 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2683172
In an apparatus for controlling an outboard motor having an internal combustion engine to power a propeller and a torque converter interposed between the engine and a drive shaft and equipped with a lockup clutch, it is configured to, based on input rotation speed and output rotation speed of the torque converter, calculate a speed ratio of the torque converter and a change amount of the input rotation speed, and make the lockup clutch ON/OFF based on the calculated speed ratio and change amount. With this, it becomes possible to appropriately make the lockup clutch ON/OFF, thereby improving speed performance.
Ikeda Hikaru
Kuriyagama Koji
Matsuda Yoshiyuki
Yoshimura Hajime
Goudreau Gage Dubuc
Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
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