US Patent Issued to Brunswick on June 23 for "Tillers for controlling an operational characteristic of marine drives" (Wisconsin, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,227, issued on June 23, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Tillers for controlling an operational characteristic of marine drives" was invented by Scott G. Ahlswede (Plymouth, Wis.), Gary D. Needham (Stillwater, Okla.) and Robert A. Podell (Slinger, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tiller for controlling speed of a marine vessel, the tiller comprising a tiller arm and a grip which is rotatable relative to the tiller arm for controlling at least one operational characteristic of the marine vessel. The grip is rotatable away from a center position in a first direction and in an opposite, second direction. A return d...