US Patent Issued to Humphree on Nov. 25 for "System for controlling movements of a marine surface vessel" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,281, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Humphree AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"System for controlling movements of a marine surface vessel" was invented by Christer Widmark (Partille, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling movements of a marine surface vessel includes a hull, a bow and a stern. A control unit being controls movements of one or more fins, which control movements of the vessel, in dependence on signals from a position input device, and on signals from a position detecting device. The fin(s) is connected to a respective actuator via a rotation shaft adapted to protrude from the vessel hull, wherein t...