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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Inventors:
Steven J. Andrasko, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Andrew J. Przybyl, Berlin, WI (US);
Steven M. Anschuetz, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Assignee:
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 21/21 (2006.01); B63J 99/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 21/21 (2013.01); B63J 99/00 (2013.01); B63H 2021/216 (2013.01); B63J 2099/008 (2013.01); Y02T 70/742 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling a speed of a marine vessel includes accelerating the marine vessel in response to a launch command. The method then includes holding the vessel speed at a desired vessel speed with a controller using feedback control. The controller phases in a derivative term of the feedback control in response to determining that the following conditions are true: (a) the vessel speed is within a given range of the desired vessel speed; and (b) an acceleration rate of the marine vessel is less than a given value.