Patent ID: 11932370
Assignee: BRUNSWICK CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. A method for aligning steering angles of marine propulsion devices, the method comprising:
receiving a request to activate steering for a first device among the marine propulsion devices in which steering was previously deactivated;
receiving a steering request to steer the marine propulsion devices;
comparing a steering angle of the first device to a steering angle of a second device among the marine propulsion devices to determine a delta therebetween;
comparing the delta determined between the steering angles of the first device and the second device to a threshold range; and
changing the steering angle of the first device according to the steering request when the delta between the steering angles of the first device and the second device is determined to be less than or equal to the threshold range, and leaving the steering angle of the first device unchanged when the delta between the steering angles of the first device and the second device is determined to exceed the threshold range.