US Patent Issued to VOLVO PENTA on Nov. 11 for "Impressed current cathodic protection system and a method of operating the system" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,148, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to VOLVO PENTA Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Impressed current cathodic protection system and a method of operating the system" was invented by Viktor Raftegard (Floda, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine ICCP system includes an electrical circuit comprising a primary and a secondary circuit. The primary circuit comprises a first electrode connected to a positive terminal of a power source to act as an active anode; and a second electrode connected to a negative terminal of the power source. The secondary circuit comprises a passive electrode normally disconnected from the electrical cir...