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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2023
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Kenneth G. Gable, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Daniel E. Clarkson, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Steven J. Andrasko, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Abstract
A propulsion system and propulsion control method for a marine vessel is configured to detect a steering position of at least one propulsion device, determine a difference between the detected steering position and a centered steering position, and require, by a controller, that the detected steering position be within a threshold range of the centered steering position prior to enabling a joystick thrust control mode wherein thrust by the at least one propulsion device is controlled based on user input at a joystick.
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