Abstract: A lane departure warning system for a vehicle includes a positional input device and a seat having an inflatable bladder therein and a vibrational unit coupled with the bladder. A controller is communicatively coupled with the positional input device and with the vibrational unit and includes electronic circuitry programmed to detect a lane departure based on a signal from the positional input device and to cause the vibrational unit to vibrate in response thereto.

Abstract: A railway passenger gate assembly includes a platform having a well extending into a surface thereof. A housing is positioned within the well and has an open apex flush with the upper surface. A pair of vertically oriented cylinders is positioned within the housing. A conduit is in fluid communication with each of the cylinders. Each of the cylinders has one of a pair of pistons positioned therein. The pistons each have a bottom end and a top end. Each of the top ends has one of a pair of posts attached thereto. A railing is attached to and extends between the posts. The pistons are movable from a stored position with the railing being approximately flush with the upper surface or in a deployed position positioned above the upper surface. A pump in fluid communication with the cylinders forces fluid into the cylinders to urge the pistons upwardly.

Abstract: A system and method communicate a command message from a lead vehicle in a vehicle consist having remote vehicles and the lead vehicle. The command message includes a directive for controlling operations of the remote vehicles. The command message is received at the remote vehicles and reply messages are communicated in response thereto. The reply messages include statuses of the remote vehicles. Responsive to determining that the lead vehicle does not receive the reply message from one or more of the remote vehicles, the statuses of the one or more remote vehicles from which the reply messages are not received at the lead vehicle are sent and/or combined into an individual or concatenated relayed message. The individual or concatenated relayed messages are communicated to the lead vehicle such that the lead vehicle receives the statuses of the one or more remote vehicles.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling speed in railway vehicles is disclosed, the apparatus estimates a future train speed and determines a control input (first speed control) configured to control a train speed based on a TTSLC {Time-To-Speed-Limit Crossing, a time taken by a train from a current time to exceed an ATP (Automatic Train Protection) speed profile, which is an ATP speed limit}, and determines a control input (second speed control) configured to control the train speed based on a difference between the ATP speed profile and an actual train speed, whereby the first speed control or the second speed control is selected in response to the TTSLC and outputted to the train.

Abstract: An air spring for railroad cars includes an air spring part formed by an upper support on a vehicle body side, an intermediate support arranged therebelow, and a diaphragm made of rubber and extending between the upper support and the intermediate support; and an elastic mechanism b formed by a rubber mass 5 interposed between the intermediate support and a lower support 4 on a bogie side arranged therebelow. The rubber mass 5 has an end in contact with the lower support 4 formed as an enlarged end 5A increasing in diameter as approaching the lower support 4 in a vertical direction. An outer circumferential portion of this enlarged end is fitted in and bonded to an annular groove 12 formed in the lower support 4, and the annular groove 12 has an annular bottom 12A inclined to decrease in height radially outwards to have an annular tapered bottom 12a.

Abstract: Tools (such as system, apparatus, methodology, etc.) may be provided to control traffic over a railway track section, when a railway worker is working on or near the track section. Move particularly, when traffic over the track section is to be blocked, a release code is generated and sent to an electronic contact address of the railway worker. Traffic through the track section is blocked until the release code is entered in the system.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide for a bottom bracket coupled to a ledge of a hand truck and configured to engage/secure a heavy-duty tripod. In such embodiments, the bottom bracket may prevent the tripod from accidently slipping off of the ledge while the hand truck is in motion. The bottom bracket may include a front plate, a back plate, and a gap formed between the front plate and the back plate. A first portion of the gap may be configured to receive a first foot of the tripod, and a second portion of the gap may be configured to receive a second foot of the tripod. Once the feet are placed into the first and second portions of the gap, the tripod may be held firmly in place between the front plate and the second plate.

Abstract: A driving assist unit of a truck for assisting a driving force applied to the truck by a worker includes a unit body connected to the truck, the unit body being turnable with respect to the truck, an operation portion provided on the unit body, the operation portion being configured to input a driving force to the truck through the unit body by being pressed by the worker, a driving wheel provided on the unit body, the driving wheel being rotatable in a longitudinal direction of the unit body, an assist force according to the operation of the operation portion being applied to the driving wheel, a lower engagement mechanism configured to be engaged with a connecting rod, the connecting being provided protruding to an outside from the truck and perpendicularly with respect to a ground, the lower engagement mechanism being slidable in an axial direction with respect to the connecting rod, and an upper engagement mechanism provided above the lower engagement mechanism and configured to be engaged with the connec

Abstract: A conveying apparatus comprising a first frame part and a second frame part, each frame part has roller elements on one end and the frame parts movable relative to one another, a guide handle provided on a first end of the first frame part, a footboard provided on the second end of the first frame part, a handhold provided on the first frame part between the guide handle and the footboard, and a transport container suitable for transporting wares fastened to both the first frame part and the second frame part.

Abstract: A stroller frame with a hidable release actuator includes a foldable frame, a locking mechanism, a release mechanism and a baby carrier. The locking mechanism is mounted on the foldable frame for locking the foldable frame in the erected configuration. The release mechanism has a release actuator operatively mounted on the foldable frame for unlocking the locking mechanism by rotation in either a forward direction or a rearward direction. The baby carrier has a deployed position to support a baby occupant thereon and can hide the release actuator thereunder. The baby carrier can be converted into a folded position to permit the access to the release actuator. By this arrangement, to prevent the caregiver from accessing the release actuator, so as to avoid accidentally folding of the foldable frame before the baby occupant being held up from the baby carrier.

Abstract: Strollers are described that may be used as single strollers or may be reversibly connected together to form a double stroller. Strollers may comprise complementary connectors to be reversibly connected two single strollers in a side-by-side configuration with the rear wheels of the single strollers are interlocked to reduce the overall width of the double stroller. Further, single strollers may comprise complementary connectors to be reversibly connoted two single strollers in a train configuration with the front wheels of the single strollers interlocked to reduce the overall length of the double stroller. Additionally, single strollers may be produced with sets of connectors such that they may connected in either the side-by-side configuration or the train configuration.

Abstract: A baby carriage is provided in the invention, the frame of the baby carriage comprises a left support frame and a right support frame symmetrical to each other, and a connecting frame connected between the left and right support frames. The left support frame comprises a left front frame, a left rear frame, a left rod, a left connecting rod with a front portion being rotatably connected with the left front frame, a left pull rod rotatably connected with the left rear frame and a left push rod frame rotatably connected with the upper portion of the left rod. The left pull rod is rotatably connected with the rear portion of the left connecting rod and the lower portion of the left push rod frame is rotatably connected with the upper portion of the left pull rod.

Abstract: An infant stroller apparatus includes a stroller frame, two first seat mounts respectively affixed with the stroller frame at a left and a right side thereof, and two second seat mounts respectively affixed with the stroller frame and arranged behind the first seat mounts. Each of the first seat mounts is positionable to protrude upward, the first seat mounts being configured to detachably engage with any of a stroller seat and an infant car seat as a first seat. Each of the second seat mounts is positionable to protrude upward, the second seat mounts being configured to detachably engage with any of a stroller seat and an infant car seat as a second seat.

Abstract: A juvenile stroller includes a frame, wheels coupled to the frame, and a seat coupled to the frame. The stroller also includes push handles coupled to the frame. The stroller is collapsible to assume a compact storage shape.

Abstract: A detachable assembly including: a detachable frame including elongated opposing side portions; an assembly structure affixed to the detachable frame, the assembly structure and the detachable frame defining a detachable portion of the detachable assembly; a mounted elongated track assembly, the elongated track assembly having opposing tubular tracks having interior slots adapted to receive the elongated opposing tubular side portions of the detachable frame in a sliding relationship.

Abstract: A yoke clearance compensator is disclosed. It includes a yoke body installed in a housing of a steering gear box to support a rack bar; an elastic member to press the yoke body toward the rack bar; a press portion contacted with the elastic member to support the elastic member; and a yoke plug portion fixed to the housing to adjust the strength of supporting the elastic member by the press portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preventing over stroke in a rear-wheel steering system for a vehicle, and more particularly, to a method of preventing the over stroke of a lead screw using a linear sensor moving together with the lead screw in a rear-wheel steering system. In detail, there is provided a method of preventing over stroke in a rear-wheel steering system, including determining whether a linear sensor which moves in conjunction with a lead screw enters preliminary sections A of a stroke section a and restricting the movement of the lead screw when the linear sensor enters the preliminary sections A.

Abstract: A trailer backup assist system for a vehicle reversing a trailer, according to one embodiment, includes a sensor that senses a hitch angle between the vehicle and the trailer. The trailer backup assist system may also include a steering input device, such as a rotatable knob, that is movable between a plurality of positions that each provide a desired curvature of the trailer. In addition, the trailer backup assist system may include a controller that determines an offset of the desired curvature when the knob is stationary in a central position. The control then generates a steering command for the vehicle to guide the trailer on the desired curvature, taking into consideration the offset.

Abstract: A lane keeping assist system, including: a first calculation unit which calculates left and right position errors of a front portion of the vehicle, a curvature of a lane of the front portion, and a head angle formed based on the lane from a front image of the vehicle captured by an image sensor, and calculates a target yaw rate using the left and right position errors, the curvature of the lane, and the head angle formed based on the lane which are calculated; a second calculation unit which calculates a steering torque control value for driving the calculated target yaw rate using vehicle condition information including front and rear yaw rates of the vehicle sensed by a yaw rate sensor, and a steering angle and a speed of the vehicle; and a steering driving unit which controls steering of the vehicle for keeping a lane.

Abstract: A shock tower assembly includes a cast shock tower body composed of magnesium or magnesium alloy and at least one steel bridging bracket. An insulating adhesive layer is formed between the tower body and the bracket. A mechanical fastener is used for fastening the tower body to the bracket. One or more structural ribbings are formed on the tower body. The mechanical fastener may be selected from any of several mechanical fasteners, including self-piercing rivets. Alternatively, a screw boss may be formed for receiving a screw. The rivet may be inserted from the bracket into the shock tower body or from the shock tower body into the bracket in which case an insulating layer is positioned between the head of the self-piercing rivet and the cast shock tower body. A sealant is preferably formed along the intersection of the cast shock tower body and the steel bridging bracket.

Abstract: A support structure (1), in particular an axle support for a motor vehicle, which is made as a single-shell or multi-shell frame element (7) of fiber-reinforced plastic. The frame element (7) has at least one elastic connection point (9, 9?, 9?, 9??) for connection to an aggregate such that the at least one elastic connection point (9, 9?, 9?, 9??) is formed integrally with the frame element (7). Additionally, a method for producing such a support structure (1) is disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle body structure including an upper section that is integrally casted using a non-ferrous metal material, that includes a transmission section to which an external force is transmitted and a join section extending out from the transmission section, a connection section that is formed using a steel material, and that is joined to the join section by riveting, and a member section that is formed using a steel material, and that is joined to the connection section by welding.

Abstract: A vehicle front section structure includes: a pair of left and right front side members extending along a vehicle front-rear direction at both vehicle width direction sides of a power unit installed in a vehicle front section; a spacer including an angled wall that is provided at a side face on a vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member, that is disposed at the vehicle width direction outer side of the side face, and that increases in distance from the side face on progression toward a vehicle front side, and including a rear end wall extending from a rear end of the angled wall toward the side face, and a spacer extension portion that is provided at the vehicle width direction outer side of the angled wall of the spacer, and that includes an extension wall extending the rear end wall of the spacer toward the vehicle width direction outer side.

Abstract: A first opening is formed in a bent portion at a lower end portion of a pillar outer panel, and a second opening is formed in the bent portion at a lower end portion of pillar outer reinforcement. The strength of a front outside portion is reduced at the lower end portions of the pillar outer panel and the pillar outer reinforcement. When load toward the rear oblique inside acts on a lower end portion of a front pillar, the front pillar deforms about an origin at the front outside portions of the pillar outer panel and the pillar outer reinforcement. Namely, the front pillar can be deformed such that a front end portion of a front wheel moves further toward the vehicle width direction outside. The front end portion of the front wheel moves further toward the vehicle width direction outside, thereby promoting toe-out of the front wheel.

Abstract: With two points each inward of a vehicle-widthwise outer end of an upper portion of a back panel 4 of a cab 1 being set as load support points A and B, a pair of reinforcing studs 13 and 14 are mounted on the back panel 4 to connect the load support points A and B with a floor 9 directly on paired rear-side cab mountings 7 and 8 for support of a rear of the cab 1 from a frame 6, and a reinforcing beam 12 is mounted on the back panel 4 to interconnect upper ends of the reinforcing studs 13 and 14, unreinforced sections being left as shock absorptive portions 15 and 16 at vehicle-widthwise opposite ends of the reinforcing beam 12.

Abstract: An active aerodynamic feature for an underside of a vehicle includes a static panel and a dynamic panel. The static panel has a leading edge attached to a front fascia of the vehicle, and a trailing edge distal from the front fascia. The dynamic panel is movably attached to the trailing edge of the static panel. An actuator is configured to locate the dynamic panel in at least two fixed positions relative to the static panel. The fixed positions include a stowed position, which is substantially aligned with the trailing edge of the static panel, and a deployed position, which is at an offset angle relative to the trailing edge of the static panel and also to the stowed position.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a rear spoiler having a central portion, a first vertical side plate that is disposed at a first lateral edge of the central portion, and a second vertical side plate that is disposed at a second lateral edge of the central portion. An actuating system is coupled to the first vertical side plate and the second vertical side plate for moving the first vertical side plate and the second vertical side plate independently of each other about a first vertical axis and a second vertical axis respectively. A vehicle controller senses a current operating condition of the vehicle, determines an optimal position for each of the first vertical side plate and the second vertical side plate respectively for the current operating condition, and signals the actuating system to move the first vertical side plate and the second vertical side into their respective optimal positions.

Abstract: A notification system for a vehicle assembly process at an assembly plant includes a base unit of a vehicle at the assembly plant and a first component coupled to the base unit at a station in the assembly plant to further define the vehicle. A tag is coupled to one of the base unit and the first component. A reader is disposed downstream from the station at the assembly plant. The reader is configured to detect if the tag is coupled to one of the base unit and the first component when the vehicle is scanned by the reader. Furthermore, a method of notifying a user during the vehicle assembly process at the assembly plant includes scanning the vehicle, via the reader that is disposed downstream from the station at the assembly plant, to detect if the tag is coupled to one of the base unit and the first component.

Abstract: A notification system for an assembly process at an assembly plant includes a base unit of part of a product at the assembly plant and a first component coupled to the base unit at a station in the assembly plant to further define the product. A tag is coupled to one of the base unit and the first component. A reader is disposed downstream from the station at the assembly plant. The reader is configured to detect if the tag is coupled to one of the base unit and the first component when the product is scanned by the reader. Furthermore, a method of notifying a user during the assembly process at the assembly plant includes scanning the product, via the reader that is disposed downstream from the station at the assembly plant, to detect if the tag is coupled to one of the base unit and the first component.

Abstract: The invention is a foot-propelled wheeled hobby and/or sport device which has a central wheel (1), a frame (4) including side plates (20) connected to each other and located on both sides of the central wheel (1) at a distance from it and foot plates (5) on the lower part of the side plates (20) protruding outwards from them, located below the wheel axle (6) which has a wheel hub (2) and, furthermore, a satellite wheel (7), connected to the frame (4), with a diameter smaller than the central wheel (1). The essence of the invention is that from the point of view of the main propelling direction of the device the satellite wheel (7) is located in front of the central wheel (1). The frame (4) has front and rear frame members (21a, 21b) stiffening the side plates (20), running along their side edges opposite each other. Stable stiffening members are connected at the end parts of the foot plates (5) to the lower ends of the frame members (21a, 21b).

Abstract: In a vehicle, a size of an acute angle ?L defined by a virtual plane perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly intersecting with an upper axis and a lower axis of a cross member and a up-and-down direction of a vehicle body frame is smaller than sizes of an acute angle ?TR and an acute angle ?TL which are defined by an expansion and contraction direction of telescopic elements and the up-and-down direction of the vehicle body frame, and an acute angle ?SR and an acute angle ?SL which are defined by axes of side rods and the up-and-down direction of the vehicle body frame. The sizes of the acute angle ?TR and the acute angle ?TL are greater than the size of the acute angle ?L defined by the virtual plane perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly intersecting with the upper axis and the lower axis of the cross member and the up-and-down direction of the vehicle body frame, and are equivalent to or smaller than the sizes of the acute angle ?SR and the acute angle ?SL.

Abstract: A handlebar switch can include a switch case housing switches, and manipulation members arranged on the switch case and configured to be manipulated by a driver to operate the respective switches. A center portion of the switch case 66 on which the manipulation members are arranged is formed as an expanded section expanded in radial directions of a main body section beyond a right end portion, and a left an end portion of the main body section. The manipulation members are arranged in a center part of the expanded section.

Abstract: A scooter or bicycle including a chassis is provided. The chassis has a guide bearing for a steering column holding a front wheel and for a supporting arm for a pivotable footboard having a rear wheel. The supporting arm includes a seat. The supporting arm, connected to the pivotable footboard, is pivotally coupled to the guide bearing. A portion of the chassis including the supporting arm and the pivotable footboard is transferable from a first usage position as a scooter, in which the pivotable footboard is substantially parallel with the road surface, by a rotation of 180° around an axis of the supporting arm into a usage position as a bicycle, in which the pivotable footboard supports the supporting arm facing rearwardly from the steering column. The seat is arranged on a side of the supporting arm facing away from the pivotable footboard.

Abstract: A glove compartment includes a case main body; a lid body connected to the case main body by a hinge; and a lock mechanism locking the lid body to the case main body at a closed position relative to the case main body. The lock mechanism includes a fixation claw fixed to the lid body; and a movable claw slidably attached to the case main body. When the movable claw is located in an engagement position engaged with the fixation claw, the lid body is locked to the case main body. When the movable claw slidingly moves to a release position disengaging from the fixation claw, the lid body can be opened. A shielding wall is provided, which partially shields the movable claw relative to an outside when the lid body is located at the closed position, so as to prevent a theft of housed articles.

Abstract: A bicycle bottom bracket assembly having a rotational central axis includes a support member, a bearing unit and a radially inward force reducing structure. The support member includes a hanger mounting portion and a bearing mounting portion. The bearing mounting portion is configured to be at least partly positioned within a hanger part of a bicycle frame. The bearing unit includes an outer race, an inner race and at least one roller element disposed between the outer and inner races in a radial direction with respect to the rotational central axis. The outer race is fixed to the bearing mounting portion of the support member. The radially inward force reducing structure reduces a radially inward force being transmitted to the bearing unit.

Abstract: A bicycle component operating device includes a touch sensor and a controller. The controller is configured to control a bicycle component based on a control signal from the touch sensor. The touch sensor is separate from the bicycle component and is configured to provide the control signal to the controller based on a touching characteristic in which a user performs a subsequent touching of the touch sensor after performing an initial touching of the touch sensor such that the initial touching does not cause the controller to control the bicycle component.

Abstract: A hull form design which incorporates bi-lateral semi-sponsons disposed on either side of a non-stepped V-shaped center hull section. The semi-sponsons extend the entire length of the hull form and comprise protrusions extending away from the center section. The semi-sponsons are delimited by longitudinal steps extending below the hull bottom an equal distance from the centerline on opposite sides of the hull. This design is a hybrid of conventional “V” hulls and catamarans and improves the roll and turn initiation time of convention monohull designs.

Abstract: In one example, a watercraft is provided that includes a hull, and a cockpit connected to the hull. Disposed within the cockpit are first and second adjustable foot braces that are connected to the hull. Each of the adjustable foot braces is operable to define a variety of different foot positions. As well, the adjustable foot braces are each operable with a respective adjustment rod, and a structural configuration of each of the adjustable foot braces is the same regardless of whether the respective adjustment rod is present or not.

Abstract: A method and vessel for shipping hazardous chemicals, includes an articulated tug barge having a plurality of holds substantially filled with containers or tanks of hazardous chemicals, each container, or tank, being associated with an ISO frame, and the holds include a plurality of cofferdam bulkheads.

Abstract: The invention relates to a foldout stern-lowering means (1) which constitutes an integral part of the watercraft (38) and has at least three sectors (A, B, C) which can be walked on and optionally three further sectors (D, E, F) which can be walked on, with three different foldout modes: gangway, stairs and tender, with a safety means on the lifting means (18) in order always to return the stern-lowering means (1) into the starting position, and a safety means by means of an emergency lifting means (31) for people, and also to compensate for the additional weight of a stern-lowering means (1) by means of buoyancy means (39, 39a) and to increase the comfort while underway and before anchoring, assisted by slosh plates (40).

Abstract: A personal floatation assembly includes a housing that has a first end, a second end, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a top wall and a bottom wall. The housing is comprised of a flexible and air impermeable material such that the housing can be inflated to support a body on water. A torso support is positioned on the top wall. The torso support is elongated and extends between the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge. The torso support is spaced between 2.0 feet and 3.0 feet from the first end and is spaced from the second end at least 2.0 feet. The torso support is comprised of a flexible and air impermeable material such that the torso support can be inflated.

Abstract: A surfboard with a forward curved fin that extends forwardly of the nose of the surfboard. The curved fin supports a platform for an action camera usually pointed at a board user. At least one adjustable strut between the platform and curved fin can provide a desired elevation or angle to the platform and camera for action filming of a user of the surfboard.

Abstract: A water walking apparatus having two inflatable pontoons, each with respective holes in their top surfaces for a footwell. A platform support may expand and contract when in use so as to accommodate variable spacing between the pontoons. The platform support may include curved saddle, which straddles over the curved outer surface of a pontoon, securing the platform support to the pontoons. A platform upon which a user may sit may be connected to the platform support by a neck received into a hole in the bottom of the platform. The platform may include a backrest member, and a strap that may serve as a ladder step when the backrest member is rotated rearwardly and down, into the water to allow a user to step on the continuous strap and climb up onto the platform.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for securing floating bodies (1), in particular platforms and boats, comprising at least one floating dock (2) with at least one buoyancy element (3), a path structure (4), and a framework-like underwater structure (5). In order to provide advantageous disembarkation conditions, the path structure (4) and the framework-like underwater structure (5) of the floating dock (2) are connected to each other via pendulum supports (6) and are braced via pulling means (7), in particular cables and/or claims.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a highly reliable UUV recovery systems and methods that utilize multiple independent release mechanisms that can detach a load and allow the UUV to float to the surface of the water. One embodiment is a recovery system for a UUV. The recovery system includes a detachable load that renders the UUV neutrally buoyant in water. The recovery system further includes a plurality of release mechanisms that detach the load to render the UUV positively buoyant in the water. The release mechanisms include a first, second, and third release mechanism. The first release mechanism detaches the load in response to a command signal. The second release mechanism detaches the load in response to the UUV being submerged in the water beyond a threshold time. The third release mechanism detaches the load in response to the UUV exceeding a maximum depth in the water.

Abstract: A watercraft immobilizing apparatus and system for a marine vessel to passively defend against an attacking engine-powered watercraft includes a towed array of entanglement lines. The entanglement lines can be provided on and administered from removable/replaceable storage cartridges mountable on and/or deployed via davits, outriggers, paravanes, and/or weighted submersible rollers to foul and immobilize propellers and engine cooling water intakes of encroaching watercraft.

Abstract: A fuel supply unit includes a vapor separator that performs vapor-liquid separation for fuel pumped up by a low-pressure fuel pump; a fuel filter that filters the fuel subjected to vapor-liquid separation in the vapor separator; an in-line type high-pressure fuel pump that has an inlet port for receiving the fuel filtered by the fuel filter and pumping the fuel received from the inlet port from an outlet port, the inlet port being located under a fuel liquid level of the vapor separator; a fuel injector that injects the fuel pumped by the high-pressure fuel pump to the engine; and a fuel flow path connected from the vapor separator to the inlet port of the high-pressure fuel pump via a lower side of the inlet port of the high-pressure fuel pump, wherein the fuel filter is arranged in the lowermost part of the fuel flow path.

Abstract: A watercraft kit includes a watercraft and a buoyant removable rear extension optionally connected to a rear of the watercraft. The watercraft includes a hull having a transom and a deck disposed above the hull. The deck is supported by the hull. A propulsion system is operatively connected to an engine for expelling a stream of water rearward of the transom to propel the watercraft. When the removable extension is connected to the rear of the watercraft, the removable rear extension is disposed at least in part rearwardly of the transom. The removable rear extension defines a longitudinal channel. When the removable extension is connected to the rear of the watercraft, the channel receives at least one of at least a portion of the propulsion system, and at least a portion of the stream of water flowing therethrough when the propulsion system is operating to propel the watercraft forwardly.

Abstract: A method and system position a marine propulsion device with respect to a transom of a marine vessel to which it is coupled. A controller determines whether an actual speed representing a speed of the vessel or a speed of an engine powering the propulsion device is greater than a given speed and whether a transmission of the propulsion device is in forward gear, and if so, sets a trim control unit of the controller to a ready state. If the transmission is shifted out of forward gear while the trim control unit is in the ready state, the controller sets the trim control unit to an active state. The controller determines whether an actual trim position of the propulsion device is less than a target trim position while the trim control unit is in the active state, and if so, sends a signal to trim the propulsion device up.

Abstract: A method of decelerating a watercraft is disclosed. The watercraft has a hull, a deck, a seat, a motor connected to at least one of the hull and the deck, a jet propulsion system operatively connected to the motor, and a reverse gate connected to at least one of the hull and the jet propulsion system. The reverse gate is movable between at least a stowed position and a deceleration position. The method has the steps of: receiving a deceleration signal; moving the reverse gate toward the deceleration position in response to receiving the deceleration signal; as the reverse gate is moving toward the deceleration position, increasing a thrust request at an intermediate position of the reverse gate, the intermediate position being intermediate the stowed and decelerations positions; and increasing the speed of the motor in response to increasing the thrust request.