ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,903, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Marine vessel, marine vessel steering system, and marine vessel steering mechanism" was invented by Yoshikazu Watanabe (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine vessel includes a hull and a steering system. The steering system includes at least one nautical equipment, a steering mechanism to adjust a traveling direction of the hull, and an input terminal to receive an input from a user. The steering mechanism includes a steering wheel with an operation switch to operate the at least one nautical equipment. The input terminal is operable...