ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,527, issued on June 23, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Moveable sensor systems and methods for collecting data underwater for a marine vessel" was invented by Paul E. Olvera (Edgewater, Fla.) and Matthew Morelly (New Smyrna beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A moveable sensor system for a marine vessel. A support member is configured to be coupled to the marine vessel, wherein the support member is configured to at least one of support a marine drive for propelling the marine vessel and to anchor the marine vessel. A sensor is moveably coupled to the support system so as to be positioned for collecting data...