ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,359, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine vessels and systems configured for removably coupling power sources" was invented by Kevin T. Farrell (Port Orange, Fla.), Paul E. Olvera (Edgewater, Fla.) and Troy J. Kollmann (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine vessel is configured for removably magnetically coupling a power source thereto, the power source being configured to generate electrical power. The marine vessel comprises a power system configured to receive electrical power from the power source when the power source is magnetically coupled to the marine vessel, and ...