US Patent Issued to Brunswick on April 8 for "Systems and methods for shifting multi-speed transmissions" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,469, issued on April 8, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for shifting multi-speed transmissions" was invented by Matthew W. Snyder (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Justin R. Poirier (Fond du Lac, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for shifting a marine propulsion device transmission between first and second gears transmitting torque from a powerhead with a redline RPM. The transmission has a transition time for completing a shift. The method includes measuring an RPM of the powerhead, comparing the RPM to a first threshold, and starting a timer when the RPM exceeds the first threshold. The method...