US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on July 29 for "Control apparatus and control method for outboard motor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,139, issued on July 29, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Control apparatus and control method for outboard motor" was invented by Shunichi Hirao (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus for a plurality of outboard motors 4, 5 spaced apart at predetermined intervals in a width direction of a hull 2, comprises a first steering unit 26 that adjusts a steering angle of the first outboard motor 4, a second steering unit 26 that adjusts a steering angle of the second outboard motor 5, and a control unit 30, 40 that controls the first steering unit and the second steering unit such that the hull moves or...