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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen W. Into, Harvard, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/100 ;
Abstract
A control system for controlling the speed of a boat of the type including a motor having a throttle control lever coupled to a throttle of the motor provides for stable and predictable control of the speed of a boat The control system includes a position detector configured to detect the position of the throttle control lever and to generate a first signal representative of a target speed of the motor; a sensor which generates a second signal representative of the actual speed of the motor; an actuator adapted to control the throttle; and a servo controller, which in response to the first signal and the second signal, generates an output to adjust the position of the actuator.