ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,523, issued on June 24, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Livewell system and method" was invented by Troy J. Kollmann (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.), Trevor George (Savoy, Ill.) and Simon H. McFarland (Comber, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A livewell system for a marine vessel includes a tank configured to hold water, a fill pump configured to pump water into the tank from a body of water in which the marine vessel is located, and a recirculation pump configured to pump water out of the tank and subsequently back into the tank. A first temperature sensor senses a temperature of the water in the body of water, and ...