ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,901, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Thermal management systems for marine vessels" was invented by Chetan Dharmadhikari (North Fond Du Lac, Wis.), Robert Dreyer (Appleton, Wis.) and Josh Stoddard (South Daytona, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management system for a marine vessel. The thermal management system includes an open loop circuit and a pump that pumps water from the body of water in which the marine vessel is operating, through the open loop circuit, and back to the body of water. Another pump pumps a first heat transfer fluid through a first closed loop circuit for cooling...