US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Nov. 25 for "System for distributing battery weight on a boat" (Wisconsin, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,543, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"System for distributing battery weight on a boat" was invented by Brennan J. Kelly (Urbana, Ill.), John N. Oenick (Madison, Wis.) and Eric J. Rego (Fond du Lac, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for a boat includes a first guideway installed under a main deck of the boat, a first battery pack coupled to the first guideway under the main deck, and a first actuator configured to move the first battery pack along the first guideway. A controller is electrically and/or signally coupled with the first actuator. A user input device is electrically and/or s...