ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,066, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Systems and methods for providing non-visual feedback when a marine propulsion device of a marine vessel returns to center" was invented by Peter J. Geerts (Germantown, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing non-visual feedback when a steerable component of a marine vessel returns to center is provided, the system comprising: a steerable component coupled to the marine vessel and configured to rotate about a steering axis to affect a direction of movement of the marine vessel; a steering input device; a feedback device coupled to the steering ...