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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Becker Marine Systems Gmbh & Co. KG, Hamburg, DE;
Inventor:
Dirk Lehmann, Winsen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 21/21 (2006.01); G01L 5/22 (2006.01); B63H 25/04 (2006.01); B63H 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 21/21 (2013.01); B63H 25/04 (2013.01); G01L 5/22 (2013.01); B63H 25/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
In order to reduce the switching hysteresis in a dynamic positioning system and/or an autopilot system for watercraft, an arrangement is provided for determining a force acting on a rudder for watercraft. This arrangement includes a processing unit, at least one measuring device for determining values of a physical quantity of a rudder, and means for transmitting the determined values of the physical quantity to the processing unit. The processing unit is configured to determine the force acting on the rudder on the basis of the determined values of the physical quantity.