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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2022
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Matthew E. Derginer, Butte des Morts, WI (US);
Kyle F. Karnick, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Abstract
A marine propulsion system for propelling a marine vessel includes at least two steerable rear marine drives that each generate forward and reverse thrusts, wherein each rear marine drive is independently steerable to a range of steering angles, and a lateral marine drive configured to generate starboard and port thrusts on the marine vessel. The system further includes a user input device, such as a joystick, operable by a user to provide a propulsion demand input commanding lateral movement of the marine vessel and rotational movement of the marine vessel. A control system is included that is configured to control steering and thrust of each of the at least two rear marine drives and thrust of the lateral marine drive based on the propulsion demand input so as to generate the lateral movement and/or the rotational movement commanded by the user.