ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,472, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Electric marine propulsion system and control method" was invented by Jared D. Kalnins (Neenah, Wis.), Mitchell J. Baer (Fond Du Lac, Wis.), Robert Raymond Osthelder (Omro, Wis.), Bradley J. Phelps (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Lukas G. Neveau (Oshkosh, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric marine propulsion system configured to propel a marine vessel includes a power storage system including at least one battery, at least one electric motor powered by the power storage system and configured to rotate a propulsor to propel the marine vessel, and a control s...