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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2022
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Yuji Ikegaya, Shizuoka, JP;
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A marine propulsion system includes a main propulsion device operable to rotate in a right-left direction to change a direction of a thrust, an auxiliary propulsion device including an electric motor to drive an auxiliary thruster to generate a thrust, operable to rotate in the right-left direction to change a direction of the thrust, and having a maximum output smaller than a maximum output of the main propulsion device, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a fixed point holding control to maintain an orientation of a bow of the hull at a target orientation and maintain a position of the hull at a target point by causing the main propulsion device and the auxiliary propulsion device to cooperate with each other.
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