Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vessel steering system
- Patent Title (中): 船只转向系统
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Application No.: US12814041Application Date: 2010-06-11
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Publication No.: US08452468B2Publication Date: 2013-05-28
- Inventor: Ryo Sakaguchi , Hiroyuki Ono
- Applicant: Ryo Sakaguchi , Hiroyuki Ono
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2009-278423 20091208
- Main IPC: G05D3/00
- IPC: G05D3/00

Abstract:
A steering system includes: a steering wheel; a steering wheel sensor configured to detect an operation angle of the steering wheel; an actuator configured to turn an outboard engine; a plurality of turn angle sensors including a first turn angle sensor configured to detect a turn angle; and a control unit configured to calculate a controlling turn angle, and to drive the actuator to turn the outboard engine in accordance with a difference between the controlling turn angle and the turn angle. If an anomaly of the first turn angle sensor is detected, the control unit continues to drive the actuator based on information from a second turn angle sensor in a normal state, and drives the actuator so as to limit the turn angle of the outboard engine as compared with a case in which the first turn angle sensor is in a normal state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110137499A1 VESSEL STEERING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2011-06-09
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