ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,007, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Trailering support device and method, and marine vessel including trailering support device" was invented by Hiroshi Inoue (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trailering support device able to load a hull onto a trailer includes one or more controllers configured or programmed to acquire characteristic information indicating a relationship between a steering angle of the hull and a turning radius of the hull; acquire relative position information between the trailer and the hull; detect the steering angle of the hull; predict future movement...