US Patent Issued to Brunswick on June 9 for "Wake boats having battery systems and electric propulsion devices for wake boats" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,560, issued on June 9, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Wake boats having battery systems and electric propulsion devices for wake boats" was invented by Kevin T. Farrell (Port Orange, Fla.) and Clint E. Szumal (Ormond Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine vessel has a hull, an electric motor configured to operate a propulsor for generating a propulsive force for propelling the marine vessel in water, port and starboard rear ballast cavities being configured to take on ballast water for modifying a wake produced by the marine vessel in the water, and port and starboard battery banks which provide battery...