US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Nov. 3 for "Marine battery with internal digital security" (Wisconsin, Florida, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,420, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine battery with internal digital security" was invented by David W. Dochterman (Panama City, Fla.), Brad E. Taylor (Stillwater, Okla.) and Scott M. Westpfahl (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for deterring the theft of a marine battery pack used to power a marine propulsion system, such as an outboard motor. The marine battery pack includes an internal communication system that allows the battery pack to communicate with an authentication device. The battery pack communicates an authentication request to the authentication devi...