ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,512, issued on June 17, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for marine vessel voltage detection" was invented by Christopher R. Jenks (Rosendale, Wis.) and Corey L. Bruno (Fond du Lac, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage detection system for a marine vessel is provided. The system includes at least one electrode set configured to detect a voltage gradient measurement at a location in a body of water surrounding the marine vessel, and a control system. The control system is configured to receive the voltage gradient measurement from each electrode set; compare each voltage gradient measureme...