Trim control system and method
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorsJason F. Pugh, Christopher R. Jenks, Daniel P. Klawitter, Aaron J. Ward
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Abstract
A trim control system for controlling a relative position of a trimmable marine device with respect to a marine vessel hull includes a trim actuator coupled to the trimmable marine device about a horizontal trim axis. The trim control system further includes a trim control module executable on a processor and configured to identify a target trim position for the trimmable marine device, determine a desired trim rate of change to rotate the trimmable marine device about the horizontal axis from a current trim position toward a target trim position, and operate the trim actuator to rotate the trimmable marine device at the desired trim rate of change toward the target trim position.
Claims20
A trim control system for controlling a relative position of a trimmable marine device with respect to a marine vessel hull, the trim control system comprising:
- a trim actuator coupled to the trimmable marine device and configured to rotate the trimmable marine device about a horizontal trim axis;
- a processor:
- a trim control module executable on the processor and configured to:
- identify a target trim position for the trimmable marine device;
- determine a desired trim rate of change to rotate the trimmable marine device about the horizontal trim axis from a current trim position toward the target trim position;
- and
- operate the trim actuator to rotate the trimmable marine device at the desired trim rate of change toward the target trim position.
A method for controlling a relative position of a trimmable marine device with respect to a marine vessel hull, the method comprising:
- identifying a target trim position for the trimmable marine device;
- determining, with a processor, a desired trim rate of change to rotate the trimmable marine device about a horizontal trim axis from a current trim position toward the target trim position;
- determining a motor speed of a trim actuation motor to rotate the trimmable marine device at the desired trim rate of change;
- and
- controlling the trim actuation motor to operate at the motor speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.