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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023

Filed:

May. 11, 2022
Applicant:

Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);

Inventors:

Jason S. Arbuckle, Horicon, WI (US);

Thomas S. Kirchhoff, Waupaca, WI (US);

Robert R. Osthelder, Omro, WI (US);

Assignee:

Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 25/42 (2006.01); B63H 25/02 (2006.01); B63H 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 25/42 (2013.01); B63H 25/02 (2013.01); B63H 2020/003 (2013.01); B63H 2025/022 (2013.01); B63H 2025/026 (2013.01);
Abstract

A steering system for marine propulsion devices having a steering device and steering actuators configured to change steering angles of the marine propulsion devices. A control system is operatively connected to the steering actuators and operatively connected to the steering device to receive steering requests from the steering device. The control system is configured to receive a request to activate the steering for a first device among the marine propulsion devices. The control system is further configured to change the steering angle of the first device according to a steering request when the steering request is received after receiving the request to activate the steering for the first device and to leave the steering angle for the first device unchanged when the steering request is received before receiving the request to activate the steering for the first device.


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