ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,325, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Marine propulsion system and method for preventing collision of marine propulsion devices" was invented by David J. Belter (Oshkosh, Wis.), Matthew W. Snyder (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Brad E. Taylor (Stillwater, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine propulsion system for a marine vessel has a first marine propulsion device coupled to the marine vessel and a second marine propulsion device coupled to the marine vessel. The first marine propulsion device has a first engine controlled by a first electronic control module. The second marine propulsion device ...