Patent ID: 6964591

Claim:
An outboard motor mounted on a stern of a boat and having an internal combustion engine at its upper portion and a propeller at its lower portion that is powered by the engine to propel the boat, comprising: a throttle actuator moving a throttle valve installed at an air intake pipe of the engine for regulating an amount of air to be sucked into the engine to change a boat running speed; a shift actuator rotating a shift rod connected to a clutch such that clutch moves from a neutral position to engage with at least one of a forward gear that allows the boat to be propelled in a forward direction and a reverse gear that allows the boat to be propelled in a reverse direction opposite to the forward direction; a steering actuator rotating a swivel shaft installed in the outboard motor such that the outboard motor is steered relative to the boat; a group of devices installed on a control panel that is installed at stern brackets that connect the outboard motor to the boat and each operable by an operator to generate a signal indicating that an instruction of the operator to operate at least one of the actuators is inputted; and a controller controlling operation of at least one of the actuators in response to the generated signal.