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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Inventor:
Kevin T. Farrell, New Smyrna Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 39/06 (2006.01); B63B 29/04 (2006.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 39/06 (2013.01); B63B 29/04 (2013.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63B 2029/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling a marine vessel having two or more seats. The method includes determining which of the seats are occupied seats and adjusting a control setting for controlling the marine vessel based on which of the seats are the occupied seats to provide an adjusted control setting. The method further provides for controlling the marine vessel based on the adjusted control setting so as to reduce an effect of which of the plurality of seats are the occupied seats on at least one of a pitch and a roll of the marine vessel when underway.