US Patent Issued to Brunswick on July 22 for "Marine steering systems and steering control methods" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,436, issued on July 22, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine steering systems and steering control methods" was invented by Thomas S. Kirchhoff (Waupaca, Wis.) and Jason S. Arbuckle (Horicon, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a steering system for a marine vessel includes controlling a resistance device to apply a resistance force against rotation of the steering wheel in a first rotational direction past an end stop position, controlling a steering actuator associated with a marine drive based on a steering map and such that a drive angle of the marine drive stays within a permitted drive ...