US Patent Issued to Brunswick on May 26 for "System and method for varying boat speed to increase fish catch rate" (American, New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,191, issued on May 26, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"System and method for varying boat speed to increase fish catch rate" was invented by Caleb J. VanSomeren (Oakfield, Wis.), Timothy P. Sherry (Warkworth, New Zealand) and Christopher D. Crawford (Bixby, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine propulsion system comprises an electric marine drive having an electric motor in torque-transmitting relationship with a propulsor, a controller configured to vary a speed of the electric motor, and a feedback device configured to provide an input to the controller. The controller is configured to vary the speed of the...