US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Aug. 26 for "Systems and methods for controlling trimmable marine devices to prevent object impact" (Florida, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,890, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for controlling trimmable marine devices to prevent object impact" was invented by Glenn E. Anderson (Merritt Island, Fla.) and Brad E. Taylor (Stillwater, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system configured for controlling a trim position of a trimmable drive unit with respect to a marine vessel. The system includes a trim actuator coupled to the trimmable drive unit and configured to rotate the trimmable drive unit about a horizontal trim axis, at least one obstruction sensor configured to sense obstructions proximate the trimmable dr...