ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,271, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Electric marine propulsion system and control method" was invented by Jared D. Kalnins (Neenah, Wis.) and Mitchell J. Baer (Fond Du Lac, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric marine propulsion system configured to propel a marine vessel includes a power storage system comprising a plurality of batteries and at least one electric motor powered by the power storage system and configured to rotate a propulsor to propel the marine vessel. A control system is configured to identify a charge level for each of the plurality of batteries and determine which o...