Patents by Inventor Brian Neathery

Brian Neathery has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Marine drive control of a marine vessel in a configured operation mode
    Patent number: 10642273
    Abstract: A marine vessel may be controlled by a device receiving an input to place a drive system of a marine vessel into an operation mode; positioning two or more marine drive units of the drive system in a first configuration based on the input; identifying, and while the drive system is in the operation mode, that respective throttles associated with the two or more marine drive units are in a same drive position; and repositioning the two or more marine drive units to a second configuration based on identifying that the respective throttles are in the same drive position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Neathery, Jonathan Steinbrink, Hashim Marzuq, Ben Pulley, Gino George
  • MARINE DRIVE CONTROL OF A MARINE VESSEL IN A CONFIGURED OPERATION MODE
    Publication number: 20200033861
    Abstract: An example of controlling a marine vessel is described herein. Some examples involve receiving an input to place a drive system of a marine vessel into an operation mode; positioning, by the device, two or more marine drive units of the drive system in a first configuration based on the input; identifying, by the device and while the drive system is in the operation mode, that respective throttles associated with the two or more marine drive units are in a same drive position; and repositioning, by the device, the two or more marine drive units to a second configuration based on identifying that the respective throttles are in the same drive position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Neathery, Jonathan Steinbrink, Hashim Marzuq, Ben Pulley, Gino George