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 1):
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 one of:\n 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 and with a number of tested propellers; and \n developed by modifying a nominal relationship between a number of vessel speeds and a number of corresponding trim angles, wherein the nominal relationship is the calibrated relationship; \n 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): 0.6214562474678911
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5796266006124164
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6172732827823436
- Mean Citation Score: 381.589668
- Max Citation Score: 483.93732
- Similarity Product: 462.3091453390862

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

Dataset: test