US Patent Issued to Navico Group Americas on Sept. 23 for "Operator interface devices for marine vessels" (New Zealander, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,878, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Navico Group Americas LLC (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).

"Operator interface devices for marine vessels" was invented by Trevor R. Haney (Jenison, Mich.), Kevin T. Downey (Rockford, Mich.) and Nils G. Johannessen (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operator interface device for a marine vessel includes a frame configured to couple to the marine vessel and a dial coupled to the frame and including a dial. The dial assembly is configured to be rotated by an operator about a dial axis into and between an initial position, a first operational position, and a second operational posi...