Patent ID: 7331834

Claim:
An outboard motor adapted to be mounted on a stern of a boat and having power sources constituted by an internal combustion engine and an electric motor which are selectively connected to a propeller to propel the boat, and a bar handle whose free end projects toward a cockpit of the boat so as to be operable for an operator to steer the boat, comprising: a throttle grip provided at the free end of the bar handle to be pushed-pulled in a longitudinal axis of the bar handle and to be rotated about the axis by the operator; a power source selector provided at the throttle grip which selects one of the engine and the motor to connect to the propeller in response to the push-pull operation of the operator; an engine speed controller provided at the throttle grip which controls a speed of the engine by regulating a throttle opening of the engine in response to the rotational operation of the operator; and a motor speed controller provided at the throttle grip which controls a speed of the motor in response to the rotational operation of the operator.