US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Nov. 25 for "Marine propulsion system and control method" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,560, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine propulsion system and control method" was invented by Aaron J. Ward (Oshkosh, Wis.), David J. Belter (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Matthew W. Snyder (Fond du Lac, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling a marine propulsion system is provided wherein the marine propulsion system includes at least one rear marine drive steerable to a range of steering positions. The method includes receiving a propulsion demand input. For each of the at least one rear marine drive, a propeller direction and a commanded steering position are determined based on th...