US Patent Issued to VOLVO PENTA on May 6 for "Cathodic protection and anti-fouling arrangement and method" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,315, issued on May 6, was assigned to VOLVO PENTA Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Cathodic protection and anti-fouling arrangement and method" was invented by Viktor Raftegard (Floda, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-fouling arrangement in a marine vessel with a marine propulsion system, the propulsion system comprising at least one driveline housing, a torque transmitting drive shaft extending out of the driveline housing, and at least one propeller mounted on the drive shaft. The at least one propeller is electrically isolated from its drive shaft, wherein each electrically isolated propeller is connected to a positive te...