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Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016

Filed:

May. 31, 2012
Applicants:

Mark J. Skrzypchak, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US);

Matthew Rasmussen, Milwaukee, IL (US);

Inventors:

Mark J. Skrzypchak, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US);

Matthew Rasmussen, Milwaukee, IL (US);

Assignee:

BRP US INC., Sturtevant, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/10 (2006.01); G05B 19/401 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/10 (2013.01); G05B 19/401 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for limiting motion of at least one outboard engine of a watercraft to at least one desired limit position in at least one direction is disclosed. The method comprises initiating a calibration process by inputting a sequence of at least one state of at least one switch, moving the at least one outboard engine about at least one axis in the at least one direction until the at least one desired limit positions is reached, sensing a position of the at least one outboard engine about the at least one axis when the at least one outboard engine is at the at least one desired limit position, and recording the sensed position to be a limit position. A method for limiting motion of a plurality of outboard engines, and a watercraft are also disclosed.


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