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US 11,987,338 B2Granted
Marine vessel maneuvering system and marine vessel
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMorihiko Nanjo, Noriyuki Oba, Yuji Ikegaya
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Abstract
A marine vessel maneuvering system includes a controller configured or programmed to control a steering speed to be a first steering speed when an operator is moved from a neutral position, and to control the steering speed to be a second steering speed that is lower than the first steering speed when the operator is returned to the neutral position.
Claims18
A marine vessel maneuvering system comprising:
- a propulsive force generator to generate a propulsive force to propel a marine vessel;
- a steering mechanism to steer the propulsive force generator;
- and
- a controller configured or programmed to control the propulsive force of the propulsive force generator and steering by the steering mechanism based on a user's operation on an operator to maneuver the marine vessel;
- wherein
- the controller is configured or programmed to control a steering speed to be a first steering speed when the operator is moved from a neutral position, and to control the steering speed to be a second steering speed that is lower than the first steering speed when the operator is returned to the neutral position and the propulsive force of the propulsive force generator is stopped or not completely stopped.
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A marine vessel comprising:
- a hull;
- and
- a marine propulsion unit attached to the hull;
- wherein
- the marine propulsion unit includes:
- a propulsive force generator to generate a propulsive force to propel the marine vessel;
- and
- a steering mechanism to steer the propulsive force generator;
- the hull includes:
- an operator to maneuver the marine vessel;
- and
- a controller configured or programmed to control the propulsive force of the propulsive force generator and steering by the steering mechanism based on a user's operation on the operator;
- and
- the controller is configured or programmed to control a steering speed to be a first steering speed when the operator is moved from a neutral position, and to control the steering speed to be a second steering speed that is lower than the first steering speed when the operator is returned to the neutral position and the propulsive force of the propulsive force generator is stopped or not completely stopped.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.