Patent ID: 6902450
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: B63H,F02B

Abstract:
1. An outboard motor, comprising: a main body equipped with a propulsion propeller and a power source for driving the propeller and steerably attached to a watercraft body; a tiller handle extending from the main body of the outboard motor toward the watercraft body for use in steering the main body of the outboard motor; a sensor for sensing a state of the outboard motor; and a display device for electrically showing the state of the outboard motor according to the result of sensing by the sensor, wherein the display device is provided to the tiller handle such that a display surface thereof faces in an oblique upward direction, wherein the display device is provided on an upwardly facing surface of a part of the tiller handle extending in a substantially horizontal direction, wherein the display device is arranged such that the display surface thereof faces toward a free end of the tiller handle, and wherein the display device is placed at a position in the substantially horizontally extending part of the tiller handle close to a base end of the tiller handle.