Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Boat
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Application No.: US15466208Application Date: 2017-03-22
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Publication No.: US10647401B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Gakuji Tamura , Jun Watanabe
- Applicant: YANMAR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@c4bbed8
- Main IPC: B63H25/42
- IPC: B63H25/42 ; B63H25/02 ; B63H21/14 ; B63H21/21 ; G05D1/02

Abstract:
A boat includes: a propulsion device configured to generate propulsion force for a vessel body from driving force from an engine; a detection unit configured to detect a current position, a bow direction, and a movement speed of the vessel body; a steering device configured to change a cruising direction of the vessel body; a steering sensor configured to detect an operation amount of the steering device; and a control device that is connected to the propulsion device, the detection unit, and the steering sensor, and is configured to acquire an operating status of the propulsion device and a detection result obtained by the detection unit and the steering sensor, and to control the propulsion device based on the detection result. The control device executes a turning operation with the propulsion device, when the operation amount of the steering device detected by the steering sensor exceeds a threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170274973A1 BOAT Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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