Patent ID: 8795012

Claim:
An outboard motor tilt movement interruption device arranged to interrupt a tilt-up movement of an outboard motor by interfering with an operation of a tilt device arranged to tilt up the outboard motor by turning the outboard motor around a tilt shaft in response to an operation of a tilt-up operation switch, comprising: an ON/OFF switch disposed in a circuit arranged to actuate the tilt device, the ON/OFF switch arranged to stop tilt-up of the outboard motor by cutting off the circuit when a tilt-up stop condition including a condition that an obstacle is present in a tilt-up movement range of the outboard motor and the obstacle and the outboard motor are equal to or less than a predetermined distance from each other is established during the operation of the tilt-up operation switch, the ON/OFF switch arranged to restart tilt-up of the outboard motor by connecting the circuit when the tilt-up stop condition becomes canceled after a stop of tilt-up; wherein the ON/OFF switch includes a first switch arranged to be turned off when the obstacle is present in the tilt-up movement range of the outboard motor, the first switch arranged to be turned on when no obstacle is in the tilt-up movement range, and a second switch connected in parallel to the first switch, the second switch arranged to be turned off when a tilt position of the outboard motor is between a tilt upper limit position and a tilt interruption position set within the tilt-up movement range, the second switch arranged to be turned on when the tilt position does not reach the tilt interruption position.