Patent ID: 9517825
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: B63H

Claim Text:
1. A method for positioning a marine propulsion device with respect to a transom of a marine vessel to which it is coupled, the method comprising: comparing with a controller an actual speed representing one of a speed of the vessel and a speed of an engine powering the propulsion device with a given speed and determining with the controller whether a transmission of the propulsion device is in a forward gear; setting a trim control unit of the controller to a ready state in response to the actual speed being greater than the given speed and the transmission being in the forward gear; setting the trim control unit to an active state in response to the transmission being shifted out of the forward gear while the trim control unit is in the ready state; sending a signal with the controller to trim the propulsion device up in response to an actual trim position of the propulsion device being less than a target trim position while the trim control unit is in the active state; and trimming the propulsion device up with a trim device in response to the signal to trim the propulsion device up.