US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Feb. 24 for "Marine propulsion control systems and methods with buffer zone adaptation" (Wisconsin, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,217, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine propulsion control systems and methods with buffer zone adaptation" was invented by Jason S. Arbuckle (Horicon, Wis.) and Brandon L. Tate (Walnut Hill, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion control system includes at least one marine drive configured to propel the marine vessel, a proximity sensor system configured to measure proximity of objects in a marine navigation area around the marine vessel to generate proximity measurements, and a control system. The control system is configured detect that an extendable element on the marine vessel i...