ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,569, issued on April 8, was assigned to VOLVO PENTA Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Propulsion control arrangement for a marine vessel" was invented by Jon Wingren (Nodinge, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion control arrangement operable to control a speed and possible direction of a marine vessel. A marine propulsion control system controlling a carried by a hull of a marine vessel, wherein the marine propulsion control system is adapted to receive an input command from the propulsion control arrangement."

The patent was filed on Jan. 28, 2022, under Application No. 17/649,278.

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