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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Jason S. Arbuckle, Horicon, WI (US);
William R. Robertson, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Kenneth G. Gable, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Jason S. Arbuckle, Horicon, WI (US);
William R. Robertson, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Kenneth G. Gable, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for orienting a marine vessel enhance available thrust in a station keeping mode. A control device having a memory and a programmable circuit is programmed to control operation of a plurality of marine propulsion devices to maintain orientation of a marine vessel in a selected global position. The control device is programmed to calculate a direction of a resultant thrust vector associated with the plurality of marine propulsion devices that is necessary to maintain the vessel in the selected global position. The control device is programmed to control operation of the plurality of marine propulsion devices to change the actual heading of the marine vessel to align the actual heading with the thrust vector.