PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16144352
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["440", "010000"]

Abstract:
A trim control system includes a memory storing a plurality of trim profiles, each trim profile defining a unique relationship between a plurality of vessel speeds and respective propulsion device trim angles. The unique relationship is: (a) a calibrated relationship developed by determining optimal trim angles for a particular propulsion device powering a particular marine vessel at a number of tested vessel speeds and a number of different conditions; or (b) developed by modifying a nominal relationship between a number of vessel speeds and a number of corresponding trim angles. An input device allows a user to select one of the trim profiles from the memory so as to specify an aggressiveness of trim angle relative to vessel speed. A controller determines a setpoint trim angle corresponding to measured vessel speed according to the selected trim profile. The control system positions the propulsion device at the setpoint trim angle.

Claim (Index 6):
A trim control system for automatically controlling a trim angle of a trimmable marine propulsion device with respect to a marine vessel, the trim control system comprising:\n a memory that stores a plurality of trim profiles, each trim profile defining a unique relationship between a plurality of vessel speeds and respective trim angles of the marine propulsion device with respect to the marine vessel, wherein the unique relationship defined by each trim profile is a calibrated relationship developed by determining optimal trim angles for a particular marine propulsion device powering a particular marine vessel at a number of tested vessel speeds and at a number of different conditions, including at least one of under a number of tested loading conditions, in a number of different environmental conditions, and with a number of tested propellers; a user interface including an input device that allows a user to select one of the plurality of trim profiles from the memory so as to specify an aggressiveness of trim angle relative to vessel speed; and a controller that thereafter determines a setpoint trim angle corresponding to a measured vessel speed according to the selected trim profile; wherein the trim control system thereafter positions the marine propulsion device at the setpoint trim angle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14667
- Patent Class: 440.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15635984', '15164407', '15693713', '15676185', '15003326']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6215159800455524
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5794851765647016
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6173128996974673
- Mean Citation Score: 381.589668
- Max Citation Score: 483.93732
- Similarity Product: 461.5020935447788

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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