Caterpillar Inc.
MARINE DRIVE CONTROL OF A MARINE VESSEL IN A CONFIGURED OPERATION MODE
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Abstract:
An example of controlling a marine vessel is described herein. Some examples involve receiving an input to place a drive system of a marine vessel into an operation mode; positioning, by the device, two or more marine drive units of the drive system in a first configuration based on the input; identifying, by the device and while the drive system is in the operation mode, that respective throttles associated with the two or more marine drive units are in a same drive position; and repositioning, by the device, the two or more marine drive units to a second configuration based on identifying that the respective throttles are in the same drive position.
Status:
Application
Type:
Utility
Filling date:
27 Jul 2018
Issue date:
30 Jan 2020