US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Sept. 15 for "Electric marine propulsion systems and methods of control" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,163, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Electric marine propulsion systems and methods of control" was invented by Eric T. Surma (Ormond Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric marine propulsion system for a marine vessel is provided. The system includes an electric motor configured to rotate a propulsor to propel the marine vessel and one or more controllers. The one or more controllers are configured to receive a propulsion demand determine at least one of a maximum propulsion output, a maximum output period, a minimum propulsion output, and a minimum output period based on the pro...