Caterpillar Inc.

Ben Pulley

Benoit Abello

Mircea Dumitru

Brian Philip Neathery

Hashim M Marzuq

Jonathan Steinbrink

Gino George

A marine vessel may be controlled by a device receiving an input to place a drive system of a marine vessel into an operation mode; positioning two or more marine drive units of the drive system in a first configuration based on the input; identifying, and while the drive system is in the operation mode, that respective throttles associated with the two or more marine drive units are in a same drive position; and repositioning the two or more marine drive units to a second configuration based on identifying that the respective throttles are in the same drive position.

Marine drive control of a marine vessel in a configured operation mode

A track support rail for slidably supporting a track assembly of a machine includes a body having a first body end, a second body end, a crown portion, and an upper support surface. The body extends along a longitudinal axis between the first and second body ends. The crown portion is disposed between the first and second body ends along the longitudinal axis. The upper support surface extends along the longitudinal axis between the first and second body ends. The upper support surface includes first and second curved segments. The first curved segment has a first curved shape and extends from the first body end toward the crown portion of the body. The second curved segment has a second curved shape and extends from the second body end toward the crown portion of the body. The first curved shape is different from the second curved shape.

Track support rail for supporting track assembly of machine, track support assembly, and method of using same

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Oak Creek, WI, United States of America

Ben Pulley