Patent ID: 7467981
Filing Date: 2008-12-23
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
1. A remote control device for at least three propulsion devices of a watercraft, comprising a pair of operating levers, a detection device configured to detect positions of the operating levers, a remote control-side ECU configured to control the watercraft propulsion devices in accordance with signals from the detection device, the remote control-side ECU comprising a plurality of respective ECUs corresponding to said watercraft propulsion devices, said detection device comprising a plurality of respective detection devices, at least one respective detection device corresponding to each of said watercraft propulsion devices disposed toward sides of a stern of a hull of the watercraft and at least one respective detection device corresponding to each one of said watercraft propulsion device disposed between said watercraft propulsion devices disposed toward the sides of the stern, wherein each of the detection devices is connected to a respective ECU.