Caterpillar Inc.
Marine drive control of a marine vessel in a configured operation mode

Last updated:

Abstract:

A marine vessel may be controlled by a device receiving an input to place a drive system of a marine vessel into an operation mode; positioning two or more marine drive units of the drive system in a first configuration based on the input; identifying, 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 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:
Grant
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

27 Jul 2018

Issue date:

5 May 2020