ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,473, issued on Aug. 11.
"Boat control device having identifiable transitions in command lever travel" was invented by Marcella Gai (Busalla, Italy) and Marco Campagna (Genoa, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boat control device includes a command lever mounted translatable on the command panel of the boat, in such a way that the command lever performs a travel of a predetermined amplitude, during which the command lever sets the propulsion engines of the boat according to at least two operating conditions, a clutch system being provided configured to identify the transition from one condition to another. The clutch system inclu...