公开(公告)号：US11613338B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US17443718

申请日：2021-07-27

Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.

Inventor： Merritt P. Callaghan ,  Cameron S. Gandy ,  Brian P. Neathery

IPC: B63H21/21 ,  B63H20/20 ,  F02D31/00 ,  F02D41/02 ,  B63H25/50

Abstract: A first method of protecting an engine and a transmission of a marine vessel during gear shifts and a second method of programming one or more Shift Protection Sequences (SPS) are disclosed. The first method includes receiving a Shift Request (SR) and activating a SPS from among a plurality of enabled SPS. The second method includes configuring a Shift Protection Type (SPT); enabling and configuring a plurality of required and SPS variables; and, optionally, enabling and configuring a plurality of optional SPS variables. The SPT may be a Basic Shift Protection (BSP), which includes time-based SPS; or the SPT may be an Advanced Shift Protection (ASP), which includes alternate time-based and operating-variable based SPS. The SPS of the ASP may be incrementally programmed and added to the BSP.

公开(公告)号：USD973570S1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US29783537

申请日：2021-05-13

Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.

Designer： Brian P. Neathery ,  Adnan Kadribasic ,  Cameron S. Gandy ,  Karl Johan Emil Rosen

公开(公告)号：US20220380013A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-01

申请号：US17334287

申请日：2021-05-28

Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.

Inventor： Brian P. Neathery ,  Cameron S. Gandy ,  Merritt P. Callaghan

IPC: B63H21/21

Abstract: An advanced control station system for a marine vessel. The control station provides a motor-controlled lever head with the ability to control the amount of pressure required to move the lever head as well as the ability to set adjustable detents within the range of motion of the lever head. The advanced control station further provides for electronic communication between multiple stations controls so that the throttle and transmission settings from one control station can be synchronized during a control station transfer.