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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2021
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Kyle F. Karnick, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Andrew J. Przybyl, Berlin, WI (US);
Kenneth G. Gable, Oshkosh, WI (US);
David M. Van Buren, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling a steering system on a marine vessel includes, in response to receiving a user input to engage a quick steer mode, employing a reduced steering ratio to translate positions of a steering wheel to desired steering angles of a marine drive. A vessel speed of a marine vessel is determined and then compared to a threshold vessel speed. An output limit is determined to prevent the marine vessel from further exceeding the threshold vessel speed while the quick steer mode is engaged. The marine drive is automatically controlled based on the output limit and a steering actuator associated with the marine drive is controlled based on the reduced steering ratio.