ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,620, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Yamaha Hatsudoki K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).
"System for and method of controlling watercraft" was invented by Juan-Pablo Afman (Marietta, Ga.), Thomas Gurriet (Acworth, Ga.) and Jun Otsu (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote control system for a watercraft can provide various modes of joystick propulsion control including cruise control, sub-idle watercraft speed operation, composite lateral propulsion, and shiftless docking maneuvers. The system can be used with outboard motors having 360-degree rotatable lower units."
The patent was filed on March 22, 2022, under Application No...