ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,372, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Systems and methods for planning consumption of power by devices aboard a marine vessel" was invented by John T. Ledden (Edgewater, Fla.) and Robert P. Macias (Merritt Island, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for planning consumption of power by devices onboard a marine vessel from a power source having a finite capacity. The method includes storing a usage model within a memory system, where the usage model includes an amount of the power consumed by each of the devices over a time period. The method further includes receiving a usage plan for operat...