SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MARINE CRAFT WITH STEERABLE PROPELLERS

Abstract: an apparatus and method for use with a marine vessel having a first steerable propeller and a second steerable propeller is disclosed. the apparatus and method providing for movement of the first and second steerable propellers relative to each other and also maintains a minimum distance between the first and second steerable propellers so as to prevent the first and second steerable from contacting each other. also disclosed is a control system and method to control the first steerable propeller and the second steerable propeller to provide the fixed distance between the first and second steerable propellers and so as to individually control the first steerable propeller and the second steerable propellers to allow the first steerable propeller and the second steerable propeller to move relative to each other.

Inventor(s): Robert A. Morvillo

CPC Classification: B63H25/42 (MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING (propulsion of air-cushion vehicles ; specially adapted for submarines, other than nuclear propulsion, ; specially adapted for torpedoes ))

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