Patent ID: 6918802
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: F02B,F02N

Abstract:
1. A starting system of an internal combustion engine installed in an outboard motor mounted on a boat and having a propeller powered by the engine and a mechanism driven by an electric actuator, the engine having other electric loads including at least an electronic control unit to be used for operating the engine, comprising: a battery connected to the engine; a starter motor that starts the engine when voltage is supplied from the battery; and an ignition switch provided in a voltage supply circuit from the battery to the starter motor, the electric actuator and the electric loads, the ignition switch having positions selected by an ignition key; wherein the positions of the ignition switch including at least a START position at which the starter motor, the electric actuator and the electric loads are supplied with the voltage from the battery; an ON position at which the voltage supply to the starter motor is discontinued when the key is turned from the START position, a first OFF position at which the voltage supply to the electric actuator and the electric loads is discontinued when the key is turned from the ON position, and a second OFF position at which the current supply to the electric actuator is still continued when the key is turned from the ON position.