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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Richard Worth, Shenton Park, AU;
Thomas Schnepple, Wembly, AU;
Stephen Reinhard Malss, Woodvale, AU;
Assignee:
Orbital Engine Company (Australia) Pty Limited, Balcatta, W.A., AU;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440-1 ; 477101 ; 477109 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of operation of a marine engine comprising sensing an operator demand for a gear-shift and, in response to the sensing of said operator demand, varying the engine torque profile to enable said gear-shift. Typically, the engine torque profile is required to be varied to overcome forces resistive to gear-shift.