ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,898, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Power systems and methods for controlling power for marine vessels" was invented by David M. Heap (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Brad E. Taylor (Stillwater, Okla.) and Matthew Z. Seta (Fond du Lac, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power system for a marine vessel. A battery is configured to store energy for the marine vessel. A charger is operable to charge the battery. A battery switch is operatively coupled to the battery, the battery switch being switchable between an on-state in which the battery is configured to provide the energy to the marine vessel and an off-...