US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on March 25 for "Marine propulsion control system with synchronized troll and method of operation" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,113, issued on March 25, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Marine propulsion control system with synchronized troll and method of operation" was invented by Brian P. Neathery (Hockley, Texas) and Cameron S. Gandy (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine vessel includes a hull, an operator station having an operator interface configured to receive a mode input and a lever position input, a left propulsion system, a right propulsion system, and a control module. Each of the propulsion systems includes an engine, a transmission, a troll valve configured to adjust clutch slip, a shaft, a shaft speed sensor config...