Dennis N. Burmeister - Libertyville IL Thomas A. Busse - Bristol WI Wesley C. Jones - Antioch IL
Assignee:
Outboard Marine Corporation - Waukegan IL
International Classification:
F02N 1700
US Classification:
440 86
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an outboard motor comprising a steerable and tiltable propulsion unit including an engine, a speed control mechanism movable from an idle speed setting to range of advanced speed settings, a starting mechanism operable to start the engine, a transmission shiftable between a neutral position and a drive position, and a mechanism connected to the transmission for preventing starting of the engine when the transmission is absent from the neutral position, and for preventing shifting of the transmission to the neutral position when the speed control mechanism is at a setting advanced from the idle setting, and for releasably holding the transmission in the neutral position, and for biasing the transmission from the neutral position and toward the drive position upon release of the transmission from the neutral position.