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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:
Nov. 26, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2020
Applicants:

Polaris Industries Inc., Medina, MN (US);

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew C. Schmid, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);

Michael J. Fuchs, Blaine, MN (US);

Blair A. Donat, Elkhart, IN (US);

Gabriel A. Marshall, Three Rivers, MI (US);

Bradley R. Fishburn, Nappanee, IN (US);

Herman Herman, Gibsonia, PA (US);

Prasanna Kannappan, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Matthew Glisson, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Krishna Pandravada, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Suryansh Saxena, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Louis Hiener, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Nishant Pol, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Gabriel Goldman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Karl Muecke, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignees:

Polaris Industries Inc., Medina, MN (US);

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 25/04 (2006.01); B63B 49/00 (2006.01); B63H 25/46 (2006.01); B63H 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 25/04 (2013.01); B63B 49/00 (2013.01); B63H 25/46 (2013.01); B63H 2025/028 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aquatic vessel, illustratively a pontoon boat including a thruster system is disclosed. The aquatic vessel executes a process to automatically position the aquatic vessel relative to a target location such as a mooring implement. Exemplary mooring implements include a dock, a slip, or a lift.


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