ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,791, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Trim tab actuator assemblies and brackets and methods thereof" was invented by Ioan Iuga (Caledonia, Mich.) and John Witte (Ada, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bracket for coupling an actuator assembly having a first rod and a second rod to a pivotable component of a marine vessel comprises a main body with a first end configured to be pivotally coupled to the first rod and an opposite second end configured to be pivotally coupled to the second rod. The main body pivots about at least one axis to thereby facilitate equal loading of the first rod and the s...