US Patent Issued to Hyper Electric Marine on Aug. 11 for "Pontoon watercraft with electrical propulsion" (Indiana, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,462, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hyper Electric Marine Inc. (Huntertown, Ind.).

"Pontoon watercraft with electrical propulsion" was invented by Michael D. Westrick (Huntertown, Ind.), Kaleb J. Reinhart (Huntertown, Ind.), Griff Suelzer (Coldwater, Mich.), Steven V. Werling (Hudson, Ind.) and Matthew R. Williams (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft includes: a deck; and a first pontoon coupled with the deck, the first pontoon including: a first body; a first marine propulsion device coupled with the first body; and a first electric motor operably coupled with the first marine propulsion device and dispo...