US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Sept. 8 for "Navigation control system and method for a marine vessel" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,456, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Navigation control system and method for a marine vessel" was invented by Jason S. Arbuckle (Horicon, Wis.) and Kyle F. Karnick (Fond du Lac, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling propulsion of a marine vessel includes designating at least one locked axis out of a surge axis, a sway axis, and a yaw axis and defining a movement track for movement of the marine vessel along at least one unlocked axis, wherein the movement track is defined such that the marine vessel's position with respect to the at least one locked axis remains unchanged. ...