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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2022
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
David W. Dochterman, Panama City, FL (US);
David M. Heap, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Abstract
A marine propulsion control system for a marine vessel includes a plurality of marine drives configured to propel the marine vessel in each of a surge direction, a sway direction, and a yaw direction, and a joystick configured to receive an isolated rotation input to demand rotation about a bow of the marine vessel or rotation about a stern of the marine vessel, and to receive a surge demand input, a sway demand input, and a yaw demand input. A control system is configured to control the plurality of marine drives to effectuate vessel rotation about the bow of the marine vessel or about the stern of the marine vessel based on the isolated rotation input and the yaw demand input, and to effectuate surge movement of the marine vessel based on the surge demand input and sway movement of the marine vessel based on the sway demand input.