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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2022
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Satoru Hamada, Shizuoka, JP;
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A system includes an outboard motor, an actuator, a sensor, and a controller. The sensor detects motion information indicating an up-and-down directional motion of a bow of a watercraft. The controller is configured or programmed to selectively set either a trim-up direction or a trim-down direction as a trim direction in accordance with the up-and-down directional motion of the bow based on the motion information. The controller is configured or programmed to control the actuator to cause the outboard motor to perform a trim motion in the trim direction, and to set a duration of the trim motion to be different between when the outboard motor is caused to perform the trim motion in the trim-up direction and when the outboard motor is caused to perform the trim motion in the trim-down direction.