US Patent Issued to Brunswick on June 30 for "Hydrofoil apparatuses, systems, and methods for marine vessels" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,328, issued on June 30, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Hydrofoil apparatuses, systems, and methods for marine vessels" was invented by Daniel A. Roske (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Daniel J. Guse (West Bend, Wis.) and Andrew C. Gunderson (Fond du Lac, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hydrofoil apparatuses and associate methods are for lifting a marine vessel relative to water. The hydrofoil apparatus comprising a wing that laterally extends from a port wing side to a starboard wing side relative to the marine vessel, and a propulsor coupled to the wing, the propulsor being configured to induce additional flow of water ac...