ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,069, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to THE YACHT GROUP LLC (Coral Gables, Fla.).
"System for providing thruster effect on a vessel" was invented by Gerald Berton (Coral Gables, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote-control unit for control a marine vessel is provided with a thruster actuator and engine actuators. When the marine vessel lacks a thruster, the thruster actuator, when operated, causes the remote-control unit to transmit engine control signals to each of at least two engines to achieve a virtual thruster effect by the marine vessel."
The patent was filed on Dec. 17, 2024, under Application No. 18/984,500.
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