ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,388, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Dometic Marine Canada Inc. (Richmond, Canada).

"Steering system with twin actuators and tie bar" was invented by Neal Wood (Coquitlam, Canada) and Geoffrey David Duddridge (Nanaimo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering system for a marine vessel, the steering system comprises a first steering apparatus having a first steering actuator for steering the first steering apparatus and a second steering apparatus having a second steering actuator for steering the second steering apparatus. There is a mechanical steering linkage operatively connecting the first steering apparatus to the se...