US 11,851,152 B2
Outboard motor
Kunihiro Kitsu, Wako (JP); Taiichi Otobe, Wako (JP); Kazuyoshi Sato, Wako (JP); Yoshiyuki Matsuda, Wako (JP); and Akifumi Fujima, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/467,488.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-153601 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0081094 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B63H 21/21 (2006.01); B63H 20/12 (2006.01); B63H 20/00 (2006.01); B63H 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 21/213 (2013.01) [B63H 20/007 (2013.01); B63H 20/12 (2013.01); B63H 25/02 (2013.01); B63H 2025/024 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outboard motor including a trolling mode, the outboard motor comprising:
an outboard motor body including a propeller and a drive source;
a tiller handle body extending forward from the outboard motor body;
a grip handle extending from a front end surface of the tiller handle body and configured to steer the outboard motor body via the tiller handle body; and
a trolling switch attached to the tiller handle body and configured to adjust a trolling speed,
wherein an operation portion of the trolling switch is attached to a lower front end surface of the tiller handle body, the lower front end surface being located below the grip handle, and
wherein the operation portion of the trolling switch includes an upper part configured to increase the trolling speed by being pressed and a lower part configured to decrease the trolling speed by being pressed.